Sainte Nitouche
French source:
Robert Pinget
quoi en avril ou bien en octobre on n’aurait pas
su distinguer où commençait vraiment la robe où finissait la nudité
Little hypocrite
English translation ©
Anon.
and one wouldn’t have known where the dress began and where nudity ended
Sainte Nitouche
French source:
Robert Pinget
Little hypocrite
English source:
Anon.
Elle aurait mis n’importe
She could have put on anything in April or even October
quoi en avril ou bien en octobre on n’aurait pas
and one wouldn’t have known where the dress began and where nudity ended
su distinguer où commençait vraiment la robe où finissait la nudité
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…