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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a well-known child prodigy, started composing at the age of five. A child prodigy is, technically, a child under the age of 10 who produces meaningful work in some domain at the level of an adult expert. [1] [2] [3] The term is also applied more broadly to describe young people who are extraordinarily talented in some ...
L'enfant prodigue (The Prodigal Son) is a grand opera in five acts composed by Daniel Auber to a French libretto by Eugène Scribe based on the Parable of the Prodigal Son in Chapter 15 of the Gospel of Luke. It was first performed at the Théâtre de l'Académie Nationale de Musique in Paris on 6 December 1850.
L'enfant prodigue (The Prodigal Son) is a scène lyrique or cantata in one act by Claude Debussy with a text by Édouard Guinand. [1] The cantata premiered in Paris on June 27, 1884 [2] as part of the Prix de Rome for composition competition which was awarded to Debussy with this piece by 22 out of 28 votes. [3]
L'enfant prodigue (The Prodigal Son), a 1884 cantata by Debussy; The Prodigal Son, a 1929 ballet by George Balanchine The Prodigal Son, music for the ballet by Prokofiev; The Prodigal Son, a 1938 ballet by David Lichine; The Prodigal Son a 1945 opera by Frederick Jacobi; The Prodigal Son (Den förlorade sonen), a 1957 ballet suite by Hugo Alfvén
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A spendthrift (also profligate or prodigal) is someone who is extravagant and recklessly wasteful with money, often to a point where the spending climbs well beyond their means. Spendthrift derives from an obsolete sense of the word thrift to mean prosperity rather than frugality, [ 1 ] so a "spendthrift" is one who has spent their prosperity.
French-language specialized dictionaries (synonyms, etymologies, etc.). A specialized dictionary is a dictionary that covers a relatively restricted set of phenomena. The definitive book on the subject (Cowie 2009) includes chapters on some of the dictionaries included below: synonyms; pronunciations; names (place names and personal names)
In French, the word Gavroche has come to mean "street urchin" and "mischievous child". There is an organization that aids the homeless in Varna, Bulgaria, named the Gavroche Association. [11] There is a French-language magazine about Thailand named Gavroche. [12] Bulgarian poet Hristo Smirnenski wrote a poem called The Brothers of Gavroche.