Tristan klingsor biography
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Klingsor, Tristram, 1874-1966
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Tristan Klingsor (born Léon Leclère), was a lyrist, painter scold musician, accustomed for his collaborations be Maurice Ravel.
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Tristram Klingsor papers
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Call Number: GEN MSS 502
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Dates: 1926-66
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Tristan Klingsor
French poet, musician, painter and art critic (1874–1966)
Tristan Klingsor, birth name (Arthur Justin) Léon Leclère (born Lachapelle-aux-Pots, Oisedepartment, 8 August 1874; died Nogent-sur-Marne, 3 August 1966), was a French poet, musician, painter and art critic, best known for his artistic association with the composer Maurice Ravel.
His pseudonym, combining the names of Wagner's hero Tristan (from Tristan und Isolde) and his (Wagner's) villain Klingsor (from Parsifal), indicates one aspect of his artistic interests, though he said that he chose the names because he liked the "sounds" they made, the associations with Arthurian and Breton legends he had read as a child, and that there were already too many literary men in Paris with the surname Leclère. Some of his "orientalist" poems are addressed to a mysterious "jeune étranger," possibly symbolising his gay orientation, although he did marry in 1903, and had a daughter two years later.[1] His first collection, Filles-fleurs (1895), was in eleven-syllable verse. After this he often used a personal form of free verse. He was a member of the Fantaisiste [fr] group of French poets. Certain of his poems were set to music by composers including Charles Koechlin, George
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Klingsor, Tristan
Biography
French poet, musician, painter and art critic, best known for his artistic association with the composer Maurice Ravel. Klingsor provided the texts for Ravel’s song cycle Shéhérazade (1903). He and Ravel belonged to the Paris avant-garde artistic group known as Les Apaches for whose meetings he was sometimes the host.
Klingsor was also a painter and the author of several studies on art. A composer in his own right, he made several collections of melodies, four-part songs, and piano music.
His pseudonym, combines the names of Wagner's hero Tristan (from Tristan und Isolde) and the villain Klingsor (from Parsifal). Some of his orientalist poems are addressed to a mysterious jeune étranger (young stranger) possibly symbolizing his gay orientation, although he did marry in 1903, and had a daughter two years later.
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Relationships
- business associate/partner relationship with Ravel, Maurice (born 7 March 1875)
Events
- Relationship : Marriage 1903
- Family : Change in family responsibilities 1905 (daughter born)
- Work : Prize 1956 (Grand Prix des Poètes Français)
- Death, Cause unspecified 1966
Source Notes
Collection Didier Geslain
Categories
- Passions : Sexuality : Bi-Sexual