Poulenc’s Suite from "Les Biches"

Poulenc’s Suite from Les Biches By Leon Botstein Written for the concert Surrealism and Music? The Musical World Around René Magritte, 1930-1975 performed on Nov 13, 1992 at Carnegie Hall.  Despite the fact that Andre Breton, the most prominent surrealist writer, despised Jean Cocteau (1889-1963), the great French writer and cultural personality, as a “notorious…

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Magritte, About the Exhibition at the Museum

Magritte, About the Exhibition at the Museum By Elyse Topalian, Metropolitan Museum of Art Written for the concert Surrealism and Music? The Musical World Around René Magritte, 1930-1975 performed on Nov 13, 1992 at Carnegie Hall.  The surrealist artist René Magritte (1898-1967) once said that he painted to evoke the mysteries of the world. His work,…

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