Lecture: "Nothing is Sacred to a Sapper': Café and Cabaret Songs of 19th-century Paris"

The Paris of Baudelaire, Offenbach, and the Impressionists lived to the rhythm of popular song emanating from music hall and open-air cafes. Satirical, salacious, and sentimental, they captured the topics and moods of the day. By the era of Toulouse-Lautrec, these songs took on a more brutal and social-protest tone, coming out of the artistic cabaret. Laurence Senelick, Fletcher Professor of Oratory in the Department of Drama and Dance, gives a lecture that provides a survey of these songs and their singers, with illustrations from recordings of the original performers. A light reception at 6 p.m. will precede the presentation. 
Distler Performance Hall. Free; no tickets required. This lecture is a part of the Pierrot Project, and is made possible by the Granoff Music Fund.