What do we remember from these journeys? Not only the landscapes, the local cuisine and the museums we visited, but also the music from the particular country, written by the people born there and those who have chosen to stop over.
France
An influential cultural source thanks to its authors, philosophers, painters and musicians, but also a tourist’s dream destination, with its historic places,...
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What do we remember from these journeys? Not only the landscapes, the local cuisine and the museums we visited, but also the music from the particular country, written by the people born there and those who have chosen to stop over.
France
An influential cultural source thanks to its authors, philosophers, painters and musicians, but also a tourist’s dream destination, with its historic places, fine cuisine and haute couture, France continues to exercise a potent attraction. Whether it served as a homeland –
Chopin composed his most nuanced works there – or a meeting point for generations of composers, Paris has been witness to several upheavals, from the emergence of musical Impressionism according to
Claude Debussy, to the deliciously sardonic reinterpretations by
Erik Satie and the effervescence of
Jean Françaix.
© Lucie Renaud
Translation: Annie P. Prothin
