HUGO, Adèle
Name:
HUGO, Adèle (1830-1915)
Musical genre:
Vocal Music/Art Songs
Country of birth:
France
Country of location:
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Notes:
Adèle Hugo was the fifth and youngest child of French writer Victor Hugo. She is remembered for developing schizophrenia as a young woman, which led to a romantic obsession with a British military officer who rejected her. Her story has been retold in film and books, such as François Truffaut's 1975 film The Story of Adèle H.
Her musical manuscripts were recently rediscovered including a set of fourteen of her songs on poems by Victor Hugo and verses taken from his great novel Les Misérables, as well as five songs without words.
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