Franc-Nohain
Maurice Étienne Legrand, who published under the pseudonym Franc-Nohain (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃.nɔ.ɛ̃]; 25 October 1872 – 18 October 1934), was a French librettist and poet. He is best known for his libretti for Maurice Ravel's opera L'heure espagnole and for numerous operettas by Claude Terrasse.
Life
Maurice Étienne Legrand was born in 1872 in
His literary pseudonym Franc-Nohain was derived from the Nohain river, where he had spent many happy hours as a child.
With Alfred Jarry and Claude Terrasse he co-founded the Théatre des Pantins, which in 1898 was the site of marionette performances of Jarry's Ubu Roi.[2]
He is best remembered now as the librettist for some operettas by Terrasse, and for the opera L'heure espagnole by Maurice Ravel, adapted from his own comedy.
He had two sons: the actor
He died in Paris in October 1934, aged 61.
Works
Libretti
- L'Heure espagnole, 1904
- Un jardin sur l'Oronte, 1922, adapted from a novel of the same name by Maurice Barrès
- Le Chapeau chinois, 1931
References
External links
- Works by Franc-Nohain at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)