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Back to classical music for this final episode of Tour de danse. In the spotlight this time is Camille Saint-Saëns, on the 100th anniversary of his death. Music can accompany a dance – classical, jazz or rock – as we’ve seen in previous episodes. But it can also describe and translate musically texts or images […]

With the holidays behind us, it’s time for new resolutions. Let’s take care of ourselves. After the stress of the Christmas rush, the banquets, the endless vaccine debates, it’s time to slow down. In recent years, the Dry January trend has made its appearance in our country. Dry January” is a worldwide movement aimed at […]

Black, white, eighth-note or round, a musical score printed in black and white remains mute to a person who can’t see. How can a blind music lover get started in reading and practicing this art form? Braille! A tactile writing system with raised dots, in which every letter, number and even every musical, mathematical and […]

From sign to sound, discover the new series of musical articles. Six exceptional performers are honored. What do they have in common? They give body to music and, in 2022, celebrate a birthday with round numbers. A performer’s mission is certainly to realize a musical project planned by a composer. And what is his or […]

When BCUL librarians are challenged, jostled, amused, transported or transformed by a document, they like to share it with users. They do this through “Bouches-à-oreille”, bookmarks placed in the documents available on our various sites. We've selected a few below to inspire you to pay us a visit.

A pioneer of political liberalism, a precursor of intimate writing and the psychological novel, a theorist of religious sentiment and a thinker of modernity, Benjamin Constant (1767-1830) is today considered a major figure in the intellectual history of the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries. Born in Lausanne in 1767 into a family of […]