Jean Lahor

Henri Cazalis (French: [kazalis]; 9 March 1840, Cormeilles-en-Parisis, Val-d'Oise – 1 July 1909, Geneva) was a French physician who was a symbolist poet and man of letters and wrote under the pseudonyms of Jean Caselli and Jean Lahor.

His works include:

  • Chants populaires de l'Italie (1865)
  • Vita tristis, Reveries fantastiques, Romances sans musique (1865)
  • Melancholia (1868)
  • Le Livre du néant (1872)
  • Henry Regnault, sa vie et son œuvre (1872)
  • L'Illusion (1875-1893)
  • Cantique des cantiques (1885)
  • Les Quatrains d'Al-Gazali (1896)
  • William Morris (1897).

The author of the Livre du néant had a predilection for gloomy subjects and especially for pictures of death. His oriental habits of thought earned for him the title of the Hindou du Parnasse contemporain (cf. Le Parnasse contemporain).

Some of his poems have been set to music by Camille Saint-Saëns, Henri Duparc, Charles Bordes, Ernest Chausson, Reynaldo Hahn, Edouard Trémisot and Paul Paray.

He also maintained a correspondence of interest with the poet Stéphane Mallarmé from 1862 to 1871.

See a notice by Paul Bourget in Anthologie des poétes fr. du XIXieme siècle (1887-1888); Jules Lemaître, Les Contemporains (1889); Émile Faguet in the Revue bleue (October 1893). George Santayana's Poetry and Religion (1900) has an essay on his concept of La gloire du néant.

Birth and Death Data: Born March 9, 1840 (Cormeilles-en-Parisis), Died July 1, 1909 (Geneva)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1913 - 1941

Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist

Notes: Pseudonym of Henri Cazalis

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor C-13906 12-in. 10/3/1913 Chanson triste Nellie Melba Soprano vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Victor B-20145 10-in. 6/20/1917 Chanson triste Eva Gauthier Mezzo-soprano vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Victor BVE-32525 10-in. 4/18/1925 Soir de Paques Armand Crabbé Baritone vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Victor C-[Unnumbered 1913-10-03-01] 12-in. 10/3/1913 Phidylé Nellie Melba Soprano vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Victor PBS-061279 10-in. 5/29/1941 Extase Donald Dickson Baritone vocal solo, with piano lyricist  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Lahor, Jean," accessed April 27, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105439.

Lahor, Jean. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 27, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105439.

"Lahor, Jean." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 27 April 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105439

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