tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407624264627208128.post3058538269868142684..comments2024-01-26T21:38:25.924-08:00Comments on Duane's PoeTree: Jack Scott writesDuanesPoeTreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17053093400086634552noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407624264627208128.post-91466867393542671342017-05-06T05:20:19.820-07:002017-05-06T05:20:19.820-07:00Hans Christian Andersen published "Den Lille ...Hans Christian Andersen published "Den Lille Pige med Svovlstikkerne" (The little girl with the matchsticks) in December 1845, appearing in the 1846 edition of "Dansk Folkekalender." It has become one of his most enduring tales, the subject of an opera "Das Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern" by German avant-garde composer Helmut Lachenmann (with a libretto by Gudrun Ensslin, one of the founders in 1970 of the terrorist group the Rote Armee Fraktion -- also known as the Baader-Meinhof-Gruppe -- before she hanged herself with her fellow members in Stammheim prison in Stuttgart in 1977) as well as numerous comics, anime, manga, cartoon, film, computer game, and other adaptations; James Williamson directed "The Little Match Seller" (1902); the noted director, screenwriter, actor, and producer Jean Renoir made "La Petite Marchande d'Allumettes" (1928) -- Jean financed it by selling off paintings done by his father Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and it starred his father's last model, Catherine Hessling, whom Jean married; Charles Mintz' "Color Rhapsodies" (1937) was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Short Subject (Cartoons); Walt Disney's "The Little Match Girl" was intended to be part of "Fantasia" (1940) but was not released until 2006, when it was nominated for Best Animated Short; a 1987 HTV musical starred Twiggy and Roger Daltrey and included the song "Mistletoe and Wine,"which became a hit a year later for Cliff Richard; in 2005, Erasure made a music video of their song "Breathe," based on a modern adaptation of the story; David Lang composed "The Little Match Girl Passion" in 2007 for Paul Hillier and his Theater of Voices ensemble, which won a Pulitzer Prize. "Garbage Sushi" was a vicious parody version on Seth Green's "Robot Chicken" cartoon series.DuanesPoeTreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17053093400086634552noreply@blogger.com