Word: les
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...scene in which Cunegonde is nearly raped by a soldier. Certainly, there is a tradition in the esprit francais of irony, satire, parody ody that pokes fun at every institution, goodor bad. It started in medieval times with thefabliaux, continued through Moliere.Voltaire, and flourishes in Modern days withLes Chansonniers, Les Freres Jacques, LesInconnus, George Brassens and Le CanardEnchaine...
...council's inspectors also sanction wood products made from its approved forests if their manufacturer meets yet another set of criteria. Certified products, including Gibson's Les Paul Exotics line of guitars, are allowed to carry the FSC symbol, which features a tree with a checkmark. "It's a verifiable audit trail," says Jamie Ervin, the executive director of the FSC's U.S. branch. "Instead of just being hit with negative images about rain-forest destruction, consumers can look for a logo that lets them make a positive environmental choice...
...created a series of satirical revues that skewer musical theater. This latest edition is one of his sharpest yet. Here, a protean cast of four derides Disney's Lion King in The Circle of Mice. Footloose? Screwloose. Best of all is Alessandrini's new take on the decade-old Les Mis, which offers up dread-inspiring thoughts in the number Ten Years More. Even Victor Hugo would chuckle...
Philip Johnson, designer of the Glass House, New Canaan, Conn.: "Let us resurrect my four favorite people places: in New York, Pennsylvania Station; in Paris, Les Halles; in London, the Crystal Palace; in Tokyo, Frank Lloyd Wright's Imperial Hotel. I knew them well and continue to mourn their demolition...
...sees as the sham iconoclasm of the avantgardist attitude." In particular, Elevator Music was inspired by the integration of jazz and popular music into orchestral music. But the piece sounds more like film music than a symphony. Koehne calls his piece a contemporary homage to the music of Les Baxter, Henry Mancini and John Barry, but Elevator Music also sounds distinctively Gershwin. Moreover, there is a peculiar consistency in Elevator Music that is hard to find in many modern pieces. Rather than the "degradation" of common time into complex and quirky meters, Koehne sticks mostly to the tried and true...