Let's start with some piano notes.
The young prodigy Clara Wieck, born
September 13,
1819, future Madame Robert Schumann, according to legend, discovers musical language even before knowing how to speak.
Young, she is the darling of Germany.
Between 1834 and 1836, she composed
Les Soirées Musicales,
which was a great success, notably with Franz Liszt.
The music lover describes her as "
high priestess of art
".
Married to Robert Schumann at 18, the young woman admires as much as she loves her husband and finds herself in the shadow of the famous musician.
She devotes herself to housework, taking care of their eight children.
Her love story with Robert Schumann is abruptly interrupted by the madness of the great musician and his death in 1857. Her life as a composer is far behind her.
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Clara Wieck, born September 13, 1819, became Clara Schumann by marriage, is a renowned musician and composer.
Gifted, she becomes an emeritus pianist.
Her marriage marked a brake on her life as a composer.
She is the author of major pieces such as "Caprice en forme de Valse pour piano Op. 2" and "Trois romances pour piano et violin".
When her husband died, she was only 37 years old.
She then devotes herself to the defense of the works of her late husband, "her concern for forty years".
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Let's continue in rhythm with a few dance steps.
We paid homage to another priestess, that of modern dance, Isadora Duncan, tragically passed away on
September 14,
1927. A leader in free dance, she wanted to free herself from the classic pointes, tutus and tights.
It deliberately departs from the rules decreed by Noverre and all the ballet masters of the 18th century.
We see her dancing with clothes better suited to her movements, favoring free expression.
“
Her bust doesn't just sway to maintain balance.
He moves in all directions, bends down, arches as much as required by the elegance of the lines and the variety of figures […] His flexible hands, his living fingers play, dance and speak with perfect knowledge
”, s' amazes
Le Figaro
in May 1909. For the daily newspaper, Isadora Duncan was a poet dancer while Auguste Rodin affirms "that
she was as simple as the antique which is synonymous with beauty
".
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Isadora Duncan, "The modern priestess of dance has just died" laments Le Figaro.
On September 14, 1927, the famous dancer was the victim of a terrible accident: the newspaper specified the circumstances of the accident.
"The fringes of Isadora Duncan's shawl, sliding between the left rear fender and the body, crept between the brake drum and the spokes of the wheel. On start-up, the side of the shawl was pulled by the rotational movement. , and it was then the atrocious accident: Mrs. Isadora Duncan was torn from the seat, strangled and thrown violently on the roadway. She was raised, her face crushed and her spine broken at the level of the neck. "
On September 19, many friends and admirers follow the funeral convoy and the students of his dance school pay him a last tribute.
The body is buried in Père-Lachaise.
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Finally, it's time for writing.
The famous Agatha Christie skillfully wielded words to lead her readers into the twists and turns of her police investigations and keep them going.
Born
September 15,
1890, she became the queen of crime with her two essential heroes, Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple.
His surveys have been adapted countless times for the theater, cinema or television.
She would be the second most read author in the world after Shakespeare.
At the end of August, the novelist returns to the news in France: her best-selling novel,
Les dix petits nègres
, changes title: it is now called
They were ten,
as desired by the great-grandson of the author.
First published in 1938, this novel has been translated into over fifty languages.
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Nicknamed the Queen of Crime, British writer Agatha Christie was born 130 years ago.
Born Agatha Miller on September 15, 1890, in Torquay, Devon's famous marina, it is said that she had "the detective spirit" from an early age.
She wrote her first detective novel The Lonely Petit: her manuscript was refused.
Persevering, she writes The Mysterious Affair of Styles in which we discover Hercule Poirot for the first time.
It was only with The Murder of Roger Ackroyd published in 1926 that the young woman became famous.
Since then, the success has not been denied.
Poirot and Miss Marple, his 2 heroes make the reputation of the indestructible queen of detective novels.
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