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EDITORIAL
This week's letter is decidedly musical in tone: as well as an English translation of the lyrics of the popular Republican marching song, Chant du départ, in our Words and Music section, we also have another reminder of the next atelier, this time on music in daily life, and a concert review from 1809 in 200 years ago. We also have our new objet d'art of the month, which this time around is the exquisite "Premier Consul" dresscoat, and rounding things off, we have the top-ten library collections in Europe in our 150 years ago section. As normal, you will also find in our Magazine section on the right-hand side of the letter details of the main conferences, study-days, re-enactments and exhibitions going on at the moment and in the next few months.
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OBJET D'ART OF THE MONTH
"Premier Consul" dresscoat
On his return to France, victorious after the battle of Marengo (14 June 1800), Bonaparte stopped over in Lyon on 28 and 29 June. Whilst there, the town council presented him with this "Premier Consul" dresscoat, made from plain, coral-red silk velvet, embroidered in silver and gold with olive-leaf motifs.
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NAPOLEON.ORG
Words and music: le Chant du départ
We have recently added an English translation of the lyrics to le Chant du départ, a very popular marching song during the latter-days of the Revolution and the Empire. Our Words and Music section offers you to opportunity to discover the musical history of the First and Second Empires through lyrics, commentaries and also downloadable sheet music and sound files.
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FONDATION NAPOLEON NEWS
Atelier de la Fondation Napoléon: '"Experience" of music in France during the Napoleonic period'
With all this talk of music and concerts, we would also like to take this opportunity to remind you again of the next atelier de la Fondation Napoléon, which is on the subject of music in French daily life. It takes place on Tuesday 24 March, and you can get all the details here. In preparation for the atelier, we have put together a short introduction to First Empire music, the majority of which can be streamed in its entirety. Click here for pieces by Mehul, Paisiello, Boieldieu, Gossec and Mayr.
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200 YEARS AGO
Gig-going, 19th century-style
The Moniteur Universel, dated Monday 27 February, 1809, announced a concert for the same evening organised by the gifted nineteen-year-old harpist, Casimir Baecker, the adopted son of the similarly expert harpist, Madame de Genlis. As was typical of the period, this instrumental concert was a mix of various genres (vocal, orchestral, and chamber music), something which we today find surprising...
Click here for an insight into 19th-century concert-going etiquette.
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150 YEARS AGO
The libraries of Europe
On 4 March 1859, the Moniteur Universel printed a brief summary (itself originally in the Edinburgh Review) of the main European libraries and the number of books that they held. Just as intriguing as the statistics themselves is the choice of libraries mentioned as well as the rapid growth of the British Museum's collection...
Click here for the top-ten...
Peter Hicks and Hamish Davey Wright
Historians and web-editors
THE NAPOLEON.ORG BULLETIN, N° 487, 27 February - 5 March 2009
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THE BIBLIOTHEQUE FONDATION NAPOLEON LIBRARY
Winter opening times:
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday: 1pm-6pm
Thursday: 10am-3pm
(Closed Friday)
The library will be closed exceptionally on 10 March 2009.
THE MAGAZINE
Book of the month
Heinrich Euler, Napoleon III. in seiner Zeit
Press review
Book review: Napoleon's Cursed War: Popular Resistance in the Spanish Peninsular War, and author's response
Fondation Napoléon History Prizes 2008
- Francis and Madeleine Ambrière, Talma, ou l'histoire du théâtre
- Alain Decaux, Coup d'état à l'Elysée
- Edgardo Donati, La Toscana nell'impero napoleonico
Fondation Napoléon news
- Fondation Napoléon Research Grants 2008
WHAT'S ON
Conferences
- Les ateliers de la Fondation Napoléon: "Experience" of music in France during the Napoleonic period, Boulogne-Billancourt (France), 24 March, 2009
- Napoleon and Europe, 1800-1815, Oxford (UK), 7-9 March, 2009
- Seventh annual conference of the Society of Dix-Neuviémistes, Bristol (UK), 27-29 March, 2009
Commemorations
- Bicentennial commemoration of the death of Maréchal Lannes
- French presence in South Africa
Re-enactments
- Bivouac and the Battle of Oostmalle, Oostmalle (Belgium), 5-6 September, 2009
Exhibitions
- "Romania on the road to modernity: 150 years since the unification of the principalities under Prince Cuza", Bucharest, Romania [22/01/2009 - 24/05/2009]
Full details
- "Coinage at War. Catalonia in Napoleonic Europe", Barcelona, Spain [04/06/08 - 03/05/09]
Full details
- "The Crinoline Empire (1852-1870)", Paris, France [29/11/2008 - 26/04/2009]
Full details
- "The Eagle and the quill: the 'retour des manuscrits'", Paris, France [03/12/2008 - 01/03/2009]
Full details
- "Ben Weider Collection at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts", Montreal, Canada [Permanent]
Full details
- "Bonaparte and Egypt", Paris, France [14/10/2008 - 29/03/2009]
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- "From Pompei to Malmaison", Rueil-Malmaison, France [22/10/2008 - 02/03/2009]
This exhibition has been extended until 2 March 2009.
Full details
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