De quoi l'homme vit-il ? / Bertold Brecht et son œuvre poétique

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Since 25 years, Mireille Rivat and Daniel Beaussier invoke Brecht and Weill for a sound, poetic, and political journey overflowing with sounds and meanings. They invite you to the release of their book album "What Does Man Live On".
The concerns of the jazz musician seem very close to those of the poet. However, the link between jazz and poetry has developed over time. In the book record "What Does Man Live On", Mireille Rivat and Daniel Beaussier revisit the work of Bertolt Brecht, whose relevance remains striking, by adorning it with the musical colors of our time.
Bertolt Brecht composed a number of melodies on his poems and worked with many musicians including Kurt WEILL, Hans EISLER, and Paul DESSAU. His literary work, after an initial expressionist and subjective phase, early oriented towards social criticism. "What Does Man Live On" combines poetry with music, more particularly jazz, whose metrics, rhythm, sounds, accents, and harmonies have inspired many poets. The booklet, written by Michel Bataillon, a great specialist of Brecht, explains the origins of the interpreted works, all linked to a historical context that is at least tumultuous.