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Although Chateaubriand, a born diplomat, became an ambassador, Voltaire, Beaumarchais and Stendhal were all secret agents on occasion. In the same way, in the 17th and 18th centuries, many musicians took part in a form of shadowy diplomacy, some actually acting as spies for the Princes in whose service they were engaged, even funded by them, as they travelled from court to court. During the Cold War, musicians and artists in general, who were constrained by totalitarian regimes to renounce and compromise on many things, nevertheless managed to create a secret internal freedom, using music composition as a form of encryption.
Therefore, under a cloak of conformism, they undertook a very confidential quest, a kind of expression of an internal resistance or distancing, in defiance of the unwitting authorities. This was the case with Shostakovich, an official Soviet composer, but also a rebellious phoenix rising from the ashes, who managed to escape hardline censure.
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Concerts
––––––––––––––––––––––––Although Chateaubriand, a born diplomat, became an ambassador, Voltaire, Beaumarchais and Stendhal were all secret agents on occasion. In the same way, in the 17th and 18th centuries, many musicians took part in a form of shadowy diplomacy, some actually acting as spies for the Princes in whose service they were engaged, even funded by them, as they travelled from court to court. During the Cold War, musicians and artists in general, who were constrained by totalitarian regimes to renounce and compromise on many things, nevertheless managed to create a secret internal freedom, using music composition as a form of encryption.
Therefore, under a cloak of conformism, they undertook a very confidential quest, a kind of expression of an internal resistance or distancing, in defiance of the unwitting authorities. This was the case with Shostakovich, an official Soviet composer, but also a rebellious phoenix rising from the ashes, who managed to escape hardline censure.
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Concerts schelude
October 14 – 8 p.m.
East wind, west windChostakovitch • Britten • Bernstein • Copland
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Novembre 29 - 8 p.m.
Alexandre KniazevBach • Prokofiev • Chostakovitch
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December 8 - 8 p.m.
Muza rubackytéEben • Mossolov • Chostakovitch et musiques de film...
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January 24 - 8 p.m.
Orchestre et chœur des Universités de ParisProkofiev (Alexandre Nevski) • Borodin
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Katarina Jovanovic, soprano / October 14, 2016 - 8 p.m. concert
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© Milovan Knezevic
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Based around a fascinating group of objects – submarine, explosive rat, enigma machine and more, these events will unveil the work of secret services from the end of the XIX century to the Cold War. Visitors can expect some playful moments along the way...
Find out more about organising an exhibition tour to celebrate a birthday: jeunes[at]musee-armee.fr
Tours start at 2pm and last 105 minutes.
Events for children and their families
––––––––––––––––––––––––Based around a fascinating group of objects – submarine, explosive rat, enigma machine and more, these events will unveil the work of secret services from the end of the XIX century to the Cold War. Visitors can expect some playful moments along the way...
Find out more about organising an exhibition tour to celebrate a birthday: jeunes[at]musee-armee.fr
Tours start at 2pm and last 105 minutes.
Tours schedule
Wednesday October 26, 2016 - 2 p.m.
Wednesday November 16, 2016 - 2 p.m.
Wednesday January 11, 2016 - 2 p.m.
Wednesday January 25, 2017 - 2 p.m.
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Guided Tour for children of the exhibition
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© musée de l'Armée
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Light & shadow in secret wars
To tie in with the exhibition, the Musée de l’Armée is organising a cycle of three conferences in partnership with Paris Municipal Adult Education University: Light & shadow in secret wars.
Intelligence, special operations, misinformation, destabilisation: all these actions, to a greater or lesser extent, form the basis of the secret wars waged by States, in particular from the late 19th century to the end of the Cold War (1991). This conference cycle is an opportunity to discover specific aspects of these fascinating, shadowy conflicts.
Austerlitz Auditorium
Booking required : histoire[at]musee-armee.fr
Conferences
––––––––––––––––––––––––Light & shadow in secret wars
To tie in with the exhibition, the Musée de l’Armée is organising a cycle of three conferences in partnership with Paris Municipal Adult Education University: Light & shadow in secret wars.
Intelligence, special operations, misinformation, destabilisation: all these actions, to a greater or lesser extent, form the basis of the secret wars waged by States, in particular from the late 19th century to the end of the Cold War (1991). This conference cycle is an opportunity to discover specific aspects of these fascinating, shadowy conflicts.
Austerlitz Auditorium
Booking required : histoire[at]musee-armee.fr
Conferences schedule
Mata Hari or the deadly banter
Thursday November 3, 2016 - 1.45 p.m.The british secret services throughout World War II
Tuesday November 15, 2016 - 1.45 p.m.Jacques Foccart : the "père Joseph" of the Republique ?
Thursday November 17, 2015 - 1.45 p.m.
Minutes of the case Margaret Zelle alias "Mata Hari", sealed # 1
Vincennes, Service historique de la Défense
© Vincennes, Service historique de la Défense
Vincennes, Service historique de la Défense
© Vincennes, Service historique de la Défense
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Clandestine operations and secret actions fuel the cinematic imagination. Films reveal what would otherwise stay invisible: prisoner exchanges at dawn, infiltration by foreign services, stratagems to outfox the enemy, planned assassinations... War has secret objectives, and the camera focuses its lens on this secrecy, creating a disturbing, hypnotic scene. This film cycle focuses on this dual theme, giving a cinematic panorama of the forms and archetypes of secret wars, throughout the history of cinema. The aim is to demonstrate, over two weeks of film screenings interspersed with round table discussions, that cinema has had a great influence in shaping our collective representations of non-conventional combat. This cycle covers four topics over two weeks, each dealing with all the aspects of secret wars, through a number of film screenings.
Austerlitz auditorium
Booking required
Movies
––––––––––––––––––––––––Clandestine operations and secret actions fuel the cinematic imagination. Films reveal what would otherwise stay invisible: prisoner exchanges at dawn, infiltration by foreign services, stratagems to outfox the enemy, planned assassinations... War has secret objectives, and the camera focuses its lens on this secrecy, creating a disturbing, hypnotic scene. This film cycle focuses on this dual theme, giving a cinematic panorama of the forms and archetypes of secret wars, throughout the history of cinema. The aim is to demonstrate, over two weeks of film screenings interspersed with round table discussions, that cinema has had a great influence in shaping our collective representations of non-conventional combat. This cycle covers four topics over two weeks, each dealing with all the aspects of secret wars, through a number of film screenings.
Austerlitz auditorium
Booking required
Movies schedule
Munich (2006)
Steven SpielbergNovember 22 – 8 p.m.
The Imitation Game (2014)
Morten TyldumNovember 23 – 8 p.m.
Skyfall (2012)
Sam MendesNovember 24 - 9 p.m.
L’Armée des ombres (1969)
Jean-Pierre MelvilleNovember 25 - 8 p.m.
Mata-Hari (1931)
George FitzmauriceNovember 29 - 8 p.m.
13 rue Madeleine (1947)
Henry HathawayNovember 30 - 8 p.m.
L’Affaire Cicéron (Five fingers, 1952)
J-L. MankiewiczDecember 1 - 9 p.m.
Le Pont des espions (2015)
Steven SpielbergDecember 2 - 8 p.m.
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Jean Dujardin in OSS 117, Rio ne répond plus, Michel Hazanavicius
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