Polichinelle: Old Nursery Songs of France

Title

en_US Polichinelle: Old Nursery Songs of France

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US This book has a dust jacket (book cover)

en_US Language note: Bilingual: English/French

en_US Translated, Set, and Illustrated by J.R. Monsell

Creator

en_US Monsell, J.R. See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Monsell, J.R.

Date

2016-01-25T19:12:19Z

en_US 2002-06

en_US 1928

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:12:19Z

Date Issued

en_US 1928

Abstract

en_US I had thought that this book was a knock-off of Boutet de Monvel's Chansons de France (1870?), but it turns out that only about seven of the thirty-one songs here are also there. The one fable that is in this book is TMCM on 18-19. Whereas it was titled Le Rat de Ville et le Rat des Champs there, here it is more simply Les Deux Rats. As with the other pieces offered here, the book is bilingual. In this case, as frequently, the left-hand page gives the musical score, the first verse in French, and the first verse in English. The right-hand page continues with more illustration and separate columns for the further verses in either language. The art is not up to Monvel's high level, but it does play nicely with the rats' tails. On the left, city rat has his tail hooked around a wine glass as he leans over the edge to invite the country rat up. In a second phase, the latter has hold of the city rat's tail as they march across the top of the table. In the fourth of five phases, the city rat's tail is pulling a glass over the right edge as the two escape. Most of the book's art seems to be restricted to two colors beyond black. Here the emphasis is on yellow. The dust jacket is in only fair condition, but the book itself is in good to very good condition.

Identifier

en_US 4430 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/80099

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Humphrey Milford: Oxford University Press

en_US London

Subject

en_US M1997.M66 1928 See all items with this value

en_US Music book See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole