Tristan Klingsor, birth name (Arthur Justin) Léon Leclère, was a French poet, musician, painter and art critic, best known for his artistic association with the composer Maurice Ravel. His pseudonym, combining the names of two Wagner heroes, indicates one aspect of his artistic interests. Many of his poems are addressed to a mysterious "jeune étranger", symbolising his gay orientation. His first collection, Filles-fleurs (1895), was in eleven-syllable verse.

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  • Tristan Klingsor, birth name (Arthur Justin) Léon Leclère, was a French poet, musician, painter and art critic, best known for his artistic association with the composer Maurice Ravel. His pseudonym, combining the names of two Wagner heroes, indicates one aspect of his artistic interests. Many of his poems are addressed to a mysterious "jeune étranger", symbolising his gay orientation. His first collection, Filles-fleurs (1895), was in eleven-syllable verse. After this he often used a personal form of free verse. He was a member of the of the Fantaisiste group of French poets. Certain of his poems were set to music by composers including Charles Koechlin, Georges Hüe and Georges Migot, and he is best remembered as providing the texts for Ravel’s song cycle Shéhérazade (1905). He and Ravel belonged to the Paris avant-garde artistic group known as Les Apaches for whose meetings he was sometimes the host. He recorded his long acquaintance with the composer in an essay, "L'Époque Ravel". Klingsor was also a painter (exhibiting from 1905 at the Salon d'Automne and being awarded the Prix Puvis de Chavannes in 1952), author of several studies on art, and a composer in his own right, with several collections of melodies, four-part songs, etc.
  • Tristan Klingsor, à l'état-civil Léon Leclère, était un poète, musicien, peintre et critique d'art français. Son premier recueil, Filles-fleurs (1895), était en vers de onze syllables. Par la suite, il utilisa souvent une forme personnelle de vers libres rimés. Il fut également peintre (exposant à partir de 1905 au Salon d'automne), auteur de plusieurs études sur l'art, et musicien (plusieurs recueils de mélodies, chansons à quatre voix, etc.). Certains de ses poèmes ont par ailleurs été mis en musique par d'autres compositeurs : Maurice Ravel, René Berthelot, Charles Koechlin, Migot... Il appartint au groupe des Apaches.
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  • Tristan Klingsor, birth name (Arthur Justin) Léon Leclère, was a French poet, musician, painter and art critic, best known for his artistic association with the composer Maurice Ravel. His pseudonym, combining the names of two Wagner heroes, indicates one aspect of his artistic interests. Many of his poems are addressed to a mysterious "jeune étranger", symbolising his gay orientation. His first collection, Filles-fleurs (1895), was in eleven-syllable verse.
  • Tristan Klingsor, à l'état-civil Léon Leclère, était un poète, musicien, peintre et critique d'art français. Son premier recueil, Filles-fleurs (1895), était en vers de onze syllables. Par la suite, il utilisa souvent une forme personnelle de vers libres rimés. Il fut également peintre (exposant à partir de 1905 au Salon d'automne), auteur de plusieurs études sur l'art, et musicien (plusieurs recueils de mélodies, chansons à quatre voix, etc.).
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