Louis ARAGON (1897-1982, poet, novelist and journalist) / Au - Lot 79

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Louis ARAGON (1897-1982, poet, novelist and journalist) / Au - Lot 79
Louis ARAGON (1897-1982, poet, novelist and journalist) / Autograph manuscript in capital letters, signed on the header, 1 p in-4 - It is the lyrics of the song "L'Enfant soldat" which was created by his favorite performer, the Montmartre singer Monique Morelli (1923-1993) in 1968 - [Monique Morelli in her memories will write about this song: In 1968, when the Russians invaded Czechoslovakia, Aragon was mad with anger. He said to me: "Monique, we are going to make a record right away. I will make a text against these Russians in Prague. Let's hope they don't kill the youth...". You had to know Louis and all his ardor when he had something in mind. We made this record, "L'Enfant soldat (Prague 68)", with Arion. Arianne Ségal accepted right away. We recorded it in a church. Lino did the orchestration. And contrary to all expectations : Finally, Aragon against Prague! - this record, everyone smothered it. Really stifled" and Monique specifies: "Aragon was caught in a trap. For example, at that time, we had witnessed a discussion with some Russians who were at his house and who threatened to put his sister-in-law, Lili Brik, in a concentration camp if Louis continued to be against the Russians in Prague... It went very far. Often, Louis was stuck like that. It was the same at L'Humanité, where he was asked to redo his articles. Louis would get angry. He would not change anything, so they would delete them" - The present manuscript is a working document: It was written on the stationery of Lino Leonardi (1928-2005, composer and accordionist), the husband of Monique Morelli, who orchestrated this song, Aragon, working with Lino Leonardi on the song, took the time to calligraphy it to the attention of Monique Morelli, the interpreter (at the head of the manuscript "Aragon for Lily"), in order to allow him to read it without error - [Provenance: Monique Morelli sale at Drouot of 19 November 2006]
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