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Paul Armand Silvestre (18 April 1837 – 19 February 1901) was a 19th-century French poet and conteur born in Paris.
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Paul Armand Silvestre
Born
18 April 1837
Paris
Died
19 February 1901(1901-02-19) (aged63)
Toulouse
Occupation(s)
Chorégrapher Poet Librettist
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Silvestre at the peak of his career.
He studied at the École polytechnique with the intention of entering the army, but in 1870, he entered the department of finance. Silvestre had a successful official career, was decorated with the Legion of Honour in 1886, and in 1892, was made inspector of fine arts. Armand Silvestre made his entry into literature as a poet and was reckoned among the Parnassians.
Armand Silvestre's works were published mainly by Alphonse Lemerre and Gervais Charpentier.
Some of his poems were set to music by Gabriel Fauré, under the form of mélodies for one voice and piano (Le Secret, L'Automne...). Thirteen of his poems were set by André Messager.[1] Silvestre's poem Jours Passés was set in music by Léo Delibes under the title Regrets.[2]
Poetry
Rimes neuves et vieilles, with a preface by George Sand (1866) see on Gallica
Les Renaissances (1870)
La Gloire du souvenir, poème d'amour (1872)
Poésies, 1866-1874. Les Amours. La Vie. L'Amour (1875)
La Chanson des heures, poésies nouvelles (1874-1878) (1878)
Le Pays des roses, poésies nouvelles, 1880-1882 (1882)
Le Chemin des étoiles: les Adorations, la Chanson des jours, Musiques d'amour, Dernières tendresses, Poèmes dialogués, 1882-1885 (1885)
Le Dessus du panier: Impressions et souvenirs, Soleils toulousains, Propos de saison, Au pays des rêves (1885)
Poésies, 1872-1878. La Chanson des heures (1887)
Les Ailes d'or, poésies nouvelles (1890)
Roses d'octobre, poésies, 1884-1889 (1890)
Poésies, 1866-1872. Rimes neuves et vieilles. Les Renaissances. La Gloire du souvenir (1892)
L'Or des couchants, poésies nouvelles, 1889-1892 (1892): )
Trente Sonnets pour Mademoiselle Bartet (1896)
Les Aurores lointaines, poésies nouvelles, 1892-1895 (1896)
Les Tendresses, poésies nouvelles, 1895-1898 (1898)
Les Fleurs d'hiver, poésies nouvelles, 1898-1900 (1900)
His volumes of verse include:
Rimes neuves et vieilles (1866), to which George Sand wrote a preface
Les Renaissances (1870)
La Chanson des heures (1878)
Le Chemin des étoiles (1885), etc.
The poet was also a contributor to Gil Blas and other Parisian journals, distinguishing himself by the licence he permitted himself. To these "absences" from poetry, as Henri Chantavoine calls them, belong the seven volumes of La Vie pour rire (1881–1883), Contes pantagruéliques et galants (1884), Le Livre des joyeusetés (1884), Gauloiseries nouvelles (1888), &c.
Prose
«Contes pantagruéliques et galants» (1884)
Les Farces de mon ami Jacques (1881)
Les Mémoires d'un galopin, suivis de Petite Histoire naturelle (1882)
Le Péché d'Ève (1882)
Le Filleul du docteur Trousse-Cadet, suivi des Nouveaux Malheurs du commandant Laripète (1882) see on Gallica
Histoires belles et honnestes (1883) see on Gallica
Madame Dandin et mademoiselle Phryné (1883)
Contes grassouillets (1883)
Les Mélancolies d'un joyeux (1883) see on Gallica
Chroniques du temps passé. Le Conte de l'archer (1883)
Pour faire rire. Gauloiseries contemporaines (1883)
Contes pantagruéliques et galants (1884)
En pleine fantaisie (1884)
Les Bêtises de mon oncle (1884)
Le Livre des joyeusetés (1884)
Histoires de l'autre monde: mœurs américaines (1884)
Le Falot (1884)
Contes à la comtesse (1885)
Les Merveilleux Récits de l'amiral Le Kelpudubec (1885)
Joyeusetés galantes, suivies de Laripète citadin (1885)
Les Cas difficiles (1886) see on Gallica
Contes de derrière les fagots (1886) illustrated by Félix Lacaille
Les Veillées de Saint-Pantaléon (1886)
Histoires inconvenantes (1887)
Le Livre des fantaisies. Joyeusetés et mélancolies (1887)
Au fil du rire (1888)
Histoires joyeuses (1888) see on Gallica
Fabliaux gaillards (1888) see on Gallica
Joyeux devis (1888)
Maïma (1888) see on Gallica
Gauloiseries nouvelles (1888) see on Gallica
Propos grivois (1888) see on Gallica
Rose de mai, roman (1888) see on Gallica
Le Nu au Salon (5 volumes, 1888-1892)
Contes à la brune (1889) see on Gallica
Histoires scandaleuses (1889)
Un premier amant (1889) see on Gallica
Livre d'amour (1890) see on Gallica
Les Facéties de Cadet-Bitard (1890)
Qui lira rira (1890) see on Gallica
Trente bonnes farces (1890)
Le Célèbre Cadet-Bitard (1891) see on Gallica
Les Malheurs du commandant Laripète, suivis de: Les Mariages de Jacques (1891)
L'Épouvantail des rosières (1891) see on Gallica
Contes salés (1891)
Histoires joviales (1891)
L'Effroi des bégueules (1891) see on Gallica
Floréal (1891)
Portraits et souvenirs, 1886-1891 (1891)
Histoires extravagantes (1892)
Pour les amants (1892)
Au pays des souvenirs: mes maîtres et mes maîtresses (1892)
Aventures grassouillettes (1892)
Contes audacieux (1892) see on Gallica
Contes divertissants (1892)
Nouveaux contes incongrus (1892)
La Russie, impressions, portraits, paysages (1892)
Contes hilarants (1893)
Histoires réjouissantes (1893)
Amours folâtres (1893)
Facéties galantes, contes joyeux (1893)
Histoires abracadabrantes (1893)
Contes désopilants (1893)
Procès Rousseil-Tessandier et biographie de Mlle Rousseil (1893)
La Semaine pour rire (152 fascicules, 1893-1896)
La Kosake (1894)
Fantaisies galantes (1894)
Veillées joviales (1894)
Fariboles amusantes (1895)
Histoires gaies (1895)
Nouvelles gaudrioles (1895) see on Gallica
Le Passe-temps des farceurs (1895)
La Plante enchantée (1895)
Contes au gros sel (1896)
Contes irrévérencieux (1896) see on Gallica
Récits de belle humeur (1896) see on Gallica
Les Veillées galantes (1896)
La Semaine joyeuse, (85 fascicules, 1896-1898)
Contes tragiques et sentimentaux (1897)
Le Petit art d'aimer, en quatorze chapitres (1897)
Histoires gauloises (1898)
Belles histoires d'amour (1898)
Les Fleurs amoureuses (1899)
Arlette, roman (1900)
Guide Armand Silvestre, de Paris et de ses environs et de l'Exposition de 1900 (1900)
La Chemise à travers les âges, album (1900)
Images de femmes (1901)
Orfa, roman (1901)
Les Sept Péchés capitaux. La luxure (1901) see on Gallica
Les Dessous de la femme à travers les âges, album (1902)
1886: Le Mari d'un jour, three-act opéra comique, with Adolphe d'Ennery, music by Arthur Coquard, Opéra-Comique, 4 February
1887: La Tesi, four-act drama, with Georges Maillard, Bruxelles, Théâtre Molière, 29 October; directed by Paul Alhaiza (source: journal le globe illustré)
1888: Jocelyn, four-act opera, after the poem by Lamartine, with Victor Capoul, music by Benjamin Godard, Bruxelles, Théâtre de la Monnaie, February
1888: Chassé-croisé d'amour, one-act opéra-bouffe, with Édouard Cavailhon, music by Villebichot
1888: La Femme bookmaker, obne-act opérette, with Édouard Cavailhon, music by Germain Laurens
1889: Sapho, February
1890: Le Pilote, opera in 3 acts and 4 tableaux, with A. Gandrey, music by J. Urich, Monte-Carlo, Casino, 29 March
1893: Les Drames sacrés, poème dramatique in 1 prologue and 10 tableaux, in verse, religious pictures after 14th- and 15th-century Italian painters, with music by Gounod with Eugène Morand, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 15 March
1894: La Fée du rocher, ballet-pantomime en 2 actes et 6 tableaux, avec Francis Thomé et Jules Chéret, 1894
1895: Salomé, pantomime lyrique, with Meltzer, music by Gabriel Pierné, Théâtre de l'Athénée, 4 March
1897: Tristan de Léonois, drama in 3 acts and 7 tableaux, including 1 prologue, in verse, Comédie-Française, 28 October
1897: Chemin de croix, twelve religious poems after Armand Silvestre, set in music by Alexandre Georges
1899: Messaline, drame lyrique in 4 acts and 5 tableaux, with Eugène Morand, music by Isidore de Lara
1901: Charlotte Corday, drame musical in 3 acts, Opéra Populaire, February
1901: Grisélidis, conte lyrique in 3 acts and 1 prologue, with Eugène Morand, after the le mystery presented at the Comédie-Française, music by Jules Massenet, Opéra-Comique, 13 November
Le Chevalier aux fleurs, ballet-pantomime in 12 tableaux, music by André Messager and Raoul Pugno (s. d.)
An account of his varied and somewhat incongruous production is hardly complete without mention of his art criticism. Le Nu au Salon (1888–1892), in five volumes, with numerous illustrations, was followed by other volumes of the same type. He died at Toulouse, February 19, 1901.
