Pif et Hercule is a French comic strip titled featuring an anthropomorphic brown-yellow dog ("Pif") and a black-white cat ("Hercule") who, despite being best friends, are constantly fighting in a friendship/hate relationship. The character of Pif was created by José Cabrero Arnal for the French Communist Party newspaper L'Humanité on 28 March 1948 and the cat Hercule was introduced two years later. The characters' nemesis is Krapulax, who despite his infant-like features always has a diabolical plot in store.
The Prix de Diane, sometimes referred to as the French Oaks, is a Group 1 flat horse race in France open to three-year-old thoroughbred fillies. It is run at Chantilly over a distance of 2,100 metres, and it is scheduled to take place each year in June.
François de Fossa was a French classical guitarist and composer.
Madame Favart is an opéra comique, or operetta, in three acts by Jacques Offenbach. The French libretto was written by Alfred Duru and Henri Chivot.
Diederich Krug was a German pianist and composer. He was born in Hamburg and studied under Jakob Schmitt. He wrote a large number of pieces for piano, around 350 in all, which were popular with amateur pianists. Typical examples are gathered in the Pianoforte-Album which appeared as No. 1220 in the Collection Litolff; it contains eight works: Chant d'Adieu, Le petit Chevalier, Einsames Haideblümchen, La petite Coquette, Minnelied, Tyrolienne, Der Wachtelruf, and Impromptu-Romance.
Pietro Pettoletti was a composer of Italian origins. The dates of birth and death are not known. His father Carl Johan (1758–1801) was kapellmeister in Christiania (Norway). At first he lived in Germany, then, from age 25, in Sweden, where he taught piano and guitar. Subsequently, he moved to Russia, employed by a wealthy landowner to teach guitar to his children. Pettoletti stayed for a long time in Saint Petersburg, where he gained a reputation as concert performer and teacher.
François Schubert was a violinist and composer.
Montaignes Valdôtaines is the official anthem of the Italian region of Aosta Valley. Music and lyrics were originally written by the French composer Alfred Roland in 1832 and the original title of the song was Tyrolienne des Pyrénées or Montagnes Pyrénées. Lyrics were later adapted for the Aosta Valley by the poet and composer Flaminie Porté, while the music was adapted by Teresio Colombotto. It was officially recognized as the regional anthem in 2006.
Le 66 is an opérette in one act of 1856 with music by Jacques Offenbach. The French libretto was by Auguste Pittaud de Forges and Laurencin. Gänzl describes the work as "in the rustic vein of Le violoneux and Le mariage aux lanternes".
François-Joseph Naderman was a classical harpist, teacher and composer, the eldest son of the well-known eighteenth century harp maker Jean Henri Naderman. The profession of his father, luthier, is certainly at the root of his vocation.
Un mari à la porte is an opérette in one act of 1859 with music by Jacques Offenbach. The French libretto was by Alfred Delacour and Léon Morand.
Georges Samson Denola was a French filmmaker and actor. His most notable film is La Jeunesse de Rocambole, released in 1913. As an actor, Georges Denola has been seen in L'Hirondelle et la Mésange (1920) and in La Fin du jour, released in 1939.
Carl Heins was a German pianist, and a composer of light salon music in classical music style. He wrote both solo piano works and parlor songs.
Edmond Burat de Gurgy, real name Edmond François Célestin Burat de Gurgy, was a French writer and playwright.
Alphonse Thys was a 19th-century French composer.