Magdalith, real name Madeleine Lipszyc (August 4, 1932 - September 14, 2013), [1] was a French painter, singer, composer, author and liturgist. Born in Toulouse to a Jewish family, she converted to Catholicism at the age of 19. Her Catholic faith did not stop her from identifying with her Jewish heritage. As a liturgist, she researched the relationship between synagogal chant and Gregorian chant. [2]
Magdalith and her family were persecuted during the shoah. Magdalith, her sister and her mother were forced to hide in a dirty basement in Revel while her father died in Auschwitz. [3] The trauma of the holocaust left her in poor health for the rest of her life.
She was discovered by Eddy Marnay, and worked closely with him during the 1970s. [4] Marnay assisted Magdalith with two notable works: Improvisations (sometimes called Magdalith) and Grégorien. Improvisations is a work of avant-garde music, while Grégorien consists of original interpretations of diverse pieces from the traditional Gregorian repertoire. [5]
Because of her poor health, she was never able to take the full vows of a nun. However, she lived in a Congregation of Our Lady of Sion convent in Draveil for the rest of her life. [6] She died from cancer there in 2013.
Claude Antoine Marie François, also known by the nickname Cloclo, was a French pop singer, composer, songwriter, record producer, drummer and dancer. François co-wrote the lyrics of "Comme d'habitude", the original version of "My Way" and composed the music of "Parce que je t'aime mon enfant", the original version of "My Boy". Among his other famous songs are "Le Téléphone Pleure", "Le lundi au soleil", "Magnolias for Ever" and "Alexandrie Alexandra". He also enjoyed considerable success with French-language versions of English-language songs, including "Belles! Belles! Belles!", "Cette année là" and "Je vais à Rio".
Erckmann-Chatrian was the name used by French authors Émile Erckmann (1822–1899) and Alexandre Chatrian (1826–1890), nearly all of whose works were jointly written.
Victor de Riqueti, Marquis de Mirabeau was a French economist of the Physiocratic school. He was the father of Honoré, Comte de Mirabeau and André Boniface Louis Riqueti de Mirabeau. He was, in distinction, often referred to as the elder Mirabeau as he had a younger brother, Jean-Antoine Riqueti de Mirabeau (1717–1794).
Danielle Frida Hélène Boccara was a Moroccan-born French singer of Italian descent, who performed and recorded in a number of languages, including French, Spanish, English, Italian, German, Dutch and Russian.
Jeanne Marie-Madeleine Demessieux was a French organist, pianist, composer, and teacher. She was the chief organist at Saint-Esprit for 29 years and at La Madeleine in Paris starting in 1962. She performed internationally as a concert organist and was the first female organist to sign a record contract. She went on to record many organ works, including her own compositions.
Rolande Roberte Ginabat-Falcinelli was a French organist, pianist, composer, and music educator.
Dom Joseph Pothier, O.S.B. (1835–1923) was a worldwide known French prelate, liturgist and scholar who reconstituted the Gregorian chant.
François Daniel Roth is a French organist, composer, musicologist, and pedagogue. He was titular organist from 1985 until 2023 at the church of Saint-Sulpice in France's capital, Paris, alongside Sophie-Véronique Cauchefer-Choplin, and as of February 2023, will remain as emeritus titular organist.
Michèle Arnaud, was a French singer, recording artist, and director. She was buried on 18 September 1998 at Montparnasse Cemetery. She is the mother of the singer Dominique Walter and the photographer Florence Gruère.
The École supérieure de réalisation audiovisuelle is a French private film school which specialises in the training of cinema, television, photography, sound engineering and digital art through the DESRA diploma, the DESTS and the DESFA.
Dominique Rolin was a Belgian novelist.
Max Pinchard was a 20th-century French composer and musicologist.
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Jacques Viret is a contemporary French musicologist of Swiss origin.
Damien Poisblaud is a French cantor specializing in Gregorian chant. He is the director of the Gregorian choir "Les Chantres du Thoronet".
The Gregorian Institute of Paris was a pedagogical and religious establishment founded in Paris in 1923 having in view the musicianship of Gregorian chant. This institute was created following a Parisian congress devoted to Gregorian chant and sacred music, held in December 1922.
Anne-Armande de Crequy née de Saint Gelais de Lansac (1637-1709) was a French court official. She served as Première dame d'honneur to the queen of France, Maria Theresa of Spain, from 1679 until 1683.
Thierry Mechler is a French organist and organ and improvisation teacher at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln. He teaches future concert students and gives international masterclasses for students of improvisation, piano and organ playing.
The Reclus family, largely known as the progeny and extended family of pastor Jacques Reclus, became known for their distinctive careers in geography, anarchism, journalism, medicine, and other fields during the 19th and 20th centuries.
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