Tristan Klingsor
Tristan Klingsor (actually Arthur Justin Léon Leclère ), (born August 8, 1874 in Lachapelle-aux-Pots , Oise department ; † August 3, 1966 in Paris ) was a French writer , composer , painter and music critic .
After school education in his birthplace attended Klingsor the College of Beauvais and took piano lessons. From 1895 he took painting lessons at the École du Louvre in Paris. After 1900 he belonged next to Maurice Ravel to the artistic circle of Les Apaches .
In 1895 Klingsor's first volume of poetry, Filles-Fleurs , was published, which took up subjects from the operatic world of Richard Wagner , after whose operatic heroes he had chosen his pseudonym . Ravel set three poems from his collection of poems, Schéhérazade (1903). In 1915 Ravel dedicated the first of his Trois chansons to him . In the period before the First World War, Tristan was part of the Les Fantaisistes group of poets , alongside Francis Carco , Jean-Marc Bernard , Tristan Derème and Jean Pellerin . Tristan described his friendship with Ravel in 1939 in the essay L 'Époque Ravel .
In addition to other volumes of poetry, Tristan has published works on art history and art criticism. He emerged as a composer of songs and was also successful as a painter. He had an exhibition at the Paris Autumn Salon in 1905 and was awarded the Prix Puvis de Chavannes in 1952 .
literature
- Alfred Baumgartner: Music of the 20th Century . Kiesel-Verlag 1985, ISBN 3-7023-4005-X , entry on Tristan Klingsor, p. 147.
Web links
- Literature by and about Tristan Klingsor in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Klingsor, Tristan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Leclère, Arthur Justin Léon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French writer, painter, composer and music critic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 8, 1874 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lachapelle-aux-Pots , Oise department |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd August 1966 |
| Place of death | Paris |