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"The American public had had a bellyful," recounts Gilbert "Gent" Gentilhomme, the novel's soldier-narrator.
Futuristic Soldiers of Fortune Tom Nolan 2011
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On stage in Paris this month are two rival interpretations of one of Molière's greatest creations, Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme Would-Be Nobleman.
The Comédie-Française Pops Up in Paris Lennox Morrison 2012
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"The American public had had a bellyful," recounts Gilbert "Gent" Gentilhomme, the novel's soldier-narrator.
Futuristic Soldiers of Fortune Tom Nolan 2011
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It was shaped quite beautifully by Elder and made a perfect contrast with Strauss's Bourgeois Gentilhomme at the other end of the programme, with its sly borrowings and knowing neoclassicism, which anticipated the Stravinskyan brand by several years.
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I like quotation from Mozart '"The Marriage of Figaro" in the dinner scene of his "Don Giovanni," but then again I like the dinner scene in Strauss'"Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme" where the mutton course is introduced with music used to represent the sheep in his "Don Quixote."
Salvati dunque e scolpati Matthew Guerrieri 2007
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The two other pieces on the program were by Ravel and Richard Strauss from 1917, where both composers dealt with World War One by channeling French Baroque composers, Couperin in the case of Ravel ("Le Tombeau de Couperin") and Lully in the case of Strauss ("Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme Suite").
Yuja Wang Wows sfmike 2007
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The two other pieces on the program were by Ravel and Richard Strauss from 1917, where both composers dealt with World War One by channeling French Baroque composers, Couperin in the case of Ravel ("Le Tombeau de Couperin") and Lully in the case of Strauss ("Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme Suite").
Archive 2007-04-01 sfmike 2007
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Fair, when that revered and august being was invested, by the universal acclaim of the refined and educated portion of this empire, with the title of Premier Gentilhomme of his Kingdom.
Vanity Fair 2006
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His keenly observed comedy Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme might have been written about the Crozat family.
The Dragon’s Trail Joanna Pitman 2006
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His keenly observed comedy Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme might have been written about the Crozat family.
The Dragon’s Trail Joanna Pitman 2006
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