Bohemians Of The Latin Quarter

by Henri Murge

Overview

Bohemians of the Latin Quarter
by Henri MurgerThis book by Henry Murger was the source of the plot used by Puccini in his opera "La Bohème".

Product Details

BN ID:	2940163146499
Publisher:	Walrus Books Publisher
Publication date:	06/19/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

He is chiefly distinguished as the author of Scènes de la vie de bohème, from his own experiences as a desperately poor writer living in a Parisian attic, and member of a loose club of friends who called themselves "the water drinkers" (because they were too poor to afford wine). In his writing he combines instinct with pathos and humour, sadness his predominant tone. The book is the basis for the operas La bohème (Puccini) and La bohème (Leoncavallo), and, at greater removes, the zarzuela Bohemios (Amadeu Vives), the operetta Das Veilchen vom Montmartre (Kálmán) and the Broadway musical Rent. He wrote lyrics as well as novels and stories, the chief being La Chanson de Musette, "a tear," says Gautier, "which has become a pearl of poetry"