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Manuscrit autographe de Boris Vian intitulé "Conseil de révision (des opinions)" à propos de Paul Anka : « Paul Anka est un garçon de vingt ans qui écrit ses chansons et qui les chante. »

- s.d. (1958), 20,9x26,9cm, 4 pages sur 4 feuillets. - Autograph manuscript by Boris Vian titled "Conseil de révision (des opinions)" on Paul Anka: "Paul Anka is a boy of 20 who writes his own songs and sings them." n. d. [but 1958] | 20.9 x 26.9 cm | 4 pages on 4 leaves Autograph manuscript by Boris Vian titled "Conseil de révision (des opinions) [Recommendations for a review of opinions]" on Paul Anka. 4 pages written in blue ballpoint pen on 4 perforated leaves, stapled. Crossings out and corrections. Lateral fold to left margin, but light. The manuscript was for the "elite", which is to say the readers of Canard enchaîné, but was eventually published in La Belle époque (1980). A fine article promoting the Olympia concert of a young Paul Anka, 17 at the time, more than ten years before the global success of My Way. Incidentally, Boris Vian made the "American star" a little older than his actual years: " Paul Anka is a boy of 20 who writes his own songs and sings them". Vian, himself a songwriter and musician, nonetheless points out: "Since he has not written dozens and dozens of songs, he also sings other people's, for example 'Jingle Bells', because it's winter and Christmas." Vian insists on the snobbery of the Parisian public that is obviously less receptive to American innovations: "Paul Anka, the evening of the premiere, had a triumph with the 'people', which chilled the stalls, composed of knowing stars, semi-stars, demi-stars and the usual suspects at such occasions." Vian then responds point by point to the singer's detractors, singing his praises. "He sings very well and seems able to 'swing' in the Latin way...He has an excellent presence and almost too much craft for his age...He has far fewer 'airs' than one might have feared given his sales and publicity." Very aware of new American musicians, Boris risks a little bit of judgement, without losing his legendary humor, in keeping with the caustic tone of Canard enchaîné : "He is thus a classic singer when he wants to be, and unfortunately Anka is to be regarded well above the Kalin twins, those two awful monkeys and the grimacing Presley (whom we saw at the cinema)." As the title of this article indicated, "A recommendation for a revision", Boris Vian seems to have changed his mind about the young singer after attending his French premiere. In another article planned for Canard enchaîné and written a little while earlier, he had declared: "You clearly know the latest nickname for the young singer Paul Anka, 'the Canadian bawler. He is short and charming; the Anka of misfortune." Provenance : Fondation Vian [FRENCH VERSION FOLLOWS] Manuscrit autographe de Boris Vian intitulé "Conseil de révision (des opinions)" à propos de Paul Anka. 4 pages rédigées au stylo à bille bleu sur 4 feuillets perforés réunis par des agrafes. Ratures et corrections. Pliure transversale en marge gauche sans gravité. Le manuscrit était destiné à « l'élite », c'est-à-dire aux lecteurs du Canard enchaîné, il a finalement été publié dans La Belle époque (1980). Bel article faisant la promotion du concert à l'Olympia du jeune Paul Anka, alors âgé de dix-sept ans, plus de dix ans avant le succès planétaire de My Way. Boris Vian vieillit d'ailleurs un peu la « vedette américaine » : « Paul Anka est un garçon de vingt ans qui écrit ses chansons et qui les chante. » Vian, lui aussi compositeur et interprète souligne pourtant : « Comme il n'en écrit pas des douzaines, il chante aussi d'autres que les siennes, par exemple « Jingle Bells » puisque c'est l'hiver et Noël. » Le chroniqueur insiste sur le snobisme du public parisien difficile et visiblement peu réceptif à la variété américaine : « Paul Anka, le soir de la première, a fait un triomphe aux « populaires », ce qui a refroidi le parterre, savamment composé de vedettes, demi-vedettes, quarts de vedettes et figurants habituels de ces cérémonies. » Boris Vian répond ensuite point par point aux détracteurs du chanteur, enchaînant les loua

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Lettre autographe signée du peintre impressionniste américain à la chanteuse Eva Gauthier

- Boston s.d. (1920), 12,9x16,6cm, 3 pages sur 1 feuillet remplié. - Autograph letter signed by the American impressionist painter Boston | 12,9 x 16,6 cm 3 pages on one folded leaf Fine autograph letter signed by John Singer Sargent addressed to avant-garde singer Eva Gauthier after their first encounter, enthusiastically sharing his love of Javanese art. A folded sheet on Copley-Plaza Boston stationery, 30 lines on 3 pages. The painter made two charcoal portraits of the singer which "will even become, in the minds of the public, a part of her identity" (Normand Cazelais, Eva Gauthier, la voix de l'audace) widely used by the artist for her concert programmes, and now kept at the New York Public Library and the National Portrait Gallery in Washington. A keen music lover, Sargent was known to interrupt his sessions when working on a portrait of a composer, singer, or musician to rush to the piano and play a few bars. The recipient of the letter Eva Gauthier was considered the "High Priestess of Modern Song" by the Boston Herald. She began her career as an opera singer in Canada and London before moving to Java from 1910 and became the first Western woman to bring Javanese and Malay music into her repertoire. She was also one of the few female singers to bring Western classical music to China, Japan, Singapore, and Malaysia. Tremendously eclectic, she introduced the music of Stravinsky and Gershwin as well as works from the contemporary avant-garde, notably members of the Groupe des Six whom she met in 1920. Sargent had also immersed himself in Java's music and visual culture which inspired him one of his most notable orientalist achievements: the series of Javanese dancers discovered at the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1889. "A renowned painter, John Singer Sargent, who shared her table at a banquet, takes great pleasure in hearing her recount her years in Java" (Normand Cazelais, Eva Gauthier, la voix de l'audace). Following one of these passionate conversations between Sargent and Gauthier, probably around 1919 or 1920, the painter writes her this letter: "it must be about two days since I sent you that javanese music that I had spoken to you about". Fascinated by the rhythmic music of the gamelan to which his models danced, he sent her a recording and a letter of recommendation to a family in London. Beautiful account of the painter and singer's common passion for Javanese culture which inspired Sargent one of his most beautiful series of paintings (Javanese dancer studies, 1889) and whose music was interpreted for the first time in the West by Eva Gauthier. [FRENCH VERSION FOLLOWS] Belle lettre autographe signée du peintre John Singer Sargent adressée à Eva Gauthier. Un feuillet remplié à entête du Copley-Plaza à Boston, 30 lignes sur 3 pages. John Singer Sargent et Eva Gauthier partagent leur amour de la musique javanaise. Le peintre réalisa deux portraits au fusain de la chanteuse qui « deviendront même, dans l'esprit du public, une part de son identité » (Normand Cazelais, Eva Gauthier, la voix de l'audace), aujourd'hui conservés à la New York Public Library et à la National Portrait Gallery de Washington. Sargent, passionné de musique, était connu pour interrompre ses sessions lorsqu'il travaillait sur le portrait d'un compositeur, d'un chanteur ou d'un musicien, pour se précipiter au piano et jouer quelques mesures. La destinataire de la lettre, Eva Gauthier, fut considérée comme la "Grande prêtresse de la chanson moderne" par le Boston Herald. Elle débuta sa carrière de chanteuse lyrique au Canada et à Londres avant de se rendre à Java à partir de 1910 et devint la première femme occidentale à intégrer la musique javanaise et malaise à son répertoire. Elle fut également une des rares cantatrices à faire entendre la musique classique occidentale en Chine, au Japon, à Singapour et en Malaisie. Formidablement éclectique, elle fera connaître la musique de Stravinsky et de Gershwin ainsi que des uvr

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