Henri-Edmond Limet called Edmond Bailly (19 June 1850 – 8 September 1916) was a French librarian and publisher.

Biography

Edmond Bailly was a musician and writer of

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inspiration. He wrote essays, narratives and articles on "esoteric music". His most remarkable work was undoubtedly his direction of the ''Librairie de l'art independant'' opened in Paris at 11

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. There, he published several magazines and took care of young authors. Thus he became one of the animators of symbolism but also of the

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, Louis-Nicolas Ménard began publishing their first works at the Librairie de l'Art Indépendant, which closed in 1917.

Works

* 1888: ''Étude sur la vie et les œuvres de

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.'' * 1887: ''Lumen, féerie chatoyante''. * 1900: ''Le son dans la nature'', in "The Theosophical Review", No.26, August, page 573. * 1900: ''Le Pittoresque musical à l'Exposition''. * 1903: ''L'Islamisme et son enseignement ésotérique''. * 1909: ''La Légende de Diamant, sept récits du monde celtique''. * 1912: ''Le Chant des voyelles comme invocation aux dieux planétaires''.Read online, on Pierre Painblanc's site

Bibliography

* Frédéric Maget, ''Edmond Bailly et la Librairie de l’Art indépendant (1889–1917)'', mémoire de master, Centre d'histoire culturelle des sociétés contemporaines, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, 2006. * Denis Herlin, "Le cercle de l’Art indépendant", in ''Debussy, La musique et les arts'', catalogue of the exhibition Debussy at the musée de l’Orangerie (22 February - 11 June 2012), Musée d’Orsay/Skira/Flammarion, 2012, (), (). * Denis Herlin, « À la Librairie de l’Art indépendant : musique, poésie, art et ésotérisme », ''Histoires littéraires'', vol. XVII (n^o 68 ; October–December 2016), ().

References

External links

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Edmond Bailly. ''Librairie de l'art indépendant''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bailly, Edmond 19th-century French writers 20th-century French writers French publishers (people) French Theosophists French librarians People from Lille 1850 births 1916 deaths