Posts Tagged ‘Vent’
French Holiday Music Jingle Bells Kids sing “Vive le Vent”
A French holiday classic, the kid of Savoir Faire singing “Vive le Vent D’Hiver” 2007
V’la L’bon Vent
V’la L’bon Vent is a traditional Quebecois song, believed to be 300 years old. There are many versions of the lyrics. Subtitles provided in French to help learn the song with footage of child playing at the beach.
Emile Verhaeren “Le Vent” (The Wind) Poem animation French
Heres a virtual movie of Belgian poet, art critic and writere short stories and verse Emile Verhaeren reading his poem “L Vent” (The Wind) first published in 1895. Emile Verhaeren (21 May 1855 27 November 1916) was a Belgian poet who wrote in the French language, and one of the chief founders of the school of Symbolism. He was born in a Flemish, but French-speaking, middle-class family in Sint-Amands. Nevertheless Emile Verhaeren also spoke the local dialect (Dutch was not taught at school at that time). At the age of eleven, he was sent to a strict boarding school in Ghent run by Jesuits – The Jesuit College of Sainte Barbe, where he became completely Frenchified. He was one of the most prolific poets of his era. His first collection of poems “Les Flamandes” was published in 1883. Inspired by the paintings of Jacob Jordaens, David Teniers and Jan Steen, Verhaeren described in a direct and often provocative, naturalistic way his country and the Flemish people. It was an immediate success in avant-garde milieus, but caused a great deal of controversy in Catholic circles. His next book “Les Moines” (1886) was not the success he had hoped for. This, and his health problems, led to a deep crisis. In this period he published Les Soirs (1888), Les Débâcles (1888) and Les Flambeaux noirs (1891). In 1898 he moved to Saint-Cloud, near Paris. By the turn of the century, he had become world-famous. His works were translated into more than twenty languages. He travelled, giving …
