Lot n° 114
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JEAN CONSTANTIN (1923-1997)
AUTOGRAPH MUSIC... - Lot 114 - Lucien Paris
JEAN CONSTANTIN (1923-1997)
AUTOGRAPH MUSIC MANUSCRIPTS OF THE MUSIC
OF THE SONG "MON TRUC EN PLUMES
Bernard Dimey, author - Jean Constantin, composer.
1961.
- Original handwritten autograph score of all the instruments.
Pencil and red pen, additions in black felt pen, additions, comments
in red felt pen. 4 double sheets of 4 pages, the first titled "Plumes
in felt pen.
- Original handwritten autograph score of all the instruments.
Pencil, additions in blue and red pencil, in red pen,
corrections in pencil. 4 double sheets of 4 pages in Italian.
- Original handwritten score of all the instruments.
Pencil, additions in red pen and felt pen. 2 leaves of 3 pages, the
the first titled: "Mon Truc en Plumes, J. Constantin, final Zizi
to modernize".
PROVENANCE.
Estate of Jean Constantin.
The choreographer Roland Petit (1924-2011) took advantage of his
experience to launch himself in Paris in a new genre with
La Revue des Ballets de Paris, created at the Théâtre de Paris in 1956.
In 1957, at the Alhambra, a 5,000-seat theatre, he created the show Zizi
Jeanmaire (1924-2020) in which his wife, a dancer, singer and actress
dancer, singer and actress, who, like him, had graduated from the Paris Opera School, danced
accompanied by four dancers and sang songs by Guy Béart.
Jacques Brel was the opening act. Michel Legrand conducted the orchestra.
It was a total success.
Then Roland Petit, Zizi Jeanmaire and Michel Legrand left for London.
Roland Petit staged a successful show in London where Zizi wore three feathered
feathered fans, to the samba song Quand on s'est dit, qu'adorait
zizi, composed and written by Jean Constantin.
Back in Paris, Roland Petit wanted to give it another dimension
at the Alhambra. He wanted twelve boys, dressed in black, to surround Zizi, masked by a black curtain
boys, dressed in black, waltzing the pink feathers. The costumes will be
by Yves Saint-Laurent. He asks Constantin to write another text to the same
to the same music, but with more of a feather theme. But
Constantin suggests that he choose another author. Roland Petit
turned to the poet, dialogue writer and lyricist Bernard Dimey, who
who, after listening to the choreographer's main idea, said to him: "You shouldn't
your story is a feathery thing!
We've got the title! So Bernard Dimey wrote the lyrics.
In 1961, the show, entitled La Revue, was a triumph.
Mon truc en plumes" would later become the hit song of the Casino de Paris
of the Casino de Paris, making Zizi Jeanmaire an emblematic figure of
of the music hall to which she will devote herself from now on, apart from a few
to which she devoted most of her career, apart from a few forays into theatre and cinema.
The song became a universal success. Plumes de zoiseaux
De z'animaux
My feathery thing
It's very clever
I don't know what to do
It's all in the kidney shot.
My feathery thing
I'm not gonna let you down
It's all in the hands
My feathery thing
It caresses you
With intoxication
I'm not sure what to do.
I live by my feather
And I feather
The asphalt
And it's in the moonlight
That I light up the Pierrots.
My feathery thing
Panther feathers
To billionaires
My feathery thing
It makes you dream
But it's sacred
Don't touch it.
My feathery thing
Come on my brigand
Sleep in it
It's not rocket science
Come and try it on
I'll make you dance.
PROVENANCE.
Estate of Jean Constantin.
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