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- Title
Francis Poulenc, Profane and Sacred.
- Authors
HOWARD, H. WENDELL
- Abstract
The article offers the insights of H. Wendell Howard on the distinctions between the operas "Les Mamelles de Tiresias" and "Dialogues des Carmelites," by composer Francis Poulenc which set up polarities such as satire versus romance and word versus music. Howard says that the words "profane" and "sacred" are best reveal Poulenc's operas. He mentions that Pablo Picasso and Poulenc watched the drama "Les Mamelles de Tiresias," (The Breasts of Tiresias" by Guillaume Apollinaire in June 1917.
- Subjects
HOWARD, H. Wendell; LES Mamelles de Tiresias (Theatrical production); DIALOGUES of the Carmelites (Opera); POULENC, Francis, 1899-1963; SACRED &; profane dichotomy in art; PICASSO, Pablo, 1881-1973; APOLLINAIRE, Guillaume, 1880-1918
- Publication
Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought & Culture, 2013, Vol 16, Issue 1, p14
- ISSN
1091-6687
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/log.2013.0008