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Cours
French source: Robert Pinget

Avec un peu de ta tristesse mon beau passé antérieur
Je m’arrange à former un mal qui ne divise pas mon cœur
Et les mouvements du dehors prennent le rythme du tangage.

Lessons
English translation © Anon.

With a modicum of your sadness,
my past perfect historic,
I contrive to create
an evil that does not divide my heart
And the movements from outside take on a pitching rhythm

Cours
French source: Robert Pinget

Lessons
English source: Anon.

Avec un peu de ta tristesse mon beau passé antérieur
With a modicum of your sadness,
Je m’arrange à former un mal qui ne divise pas mon cœur
my past perfect historic,
Et les mouvements du dehors prennent le rythme du tangage.
I contrive to create

Composer

Germaine Tailleferre

The composer Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1983) played the piano and organ, taught and also painted. Thanks to her father’s opposition to her musical education, she changed her name early on from ‘Taillefesse’ to ‘Tailleferre’. Her mother gave her…

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