André Caplet in the orchestration of "La boîte à joujoux". In 1911, Caplet prepared an orchestration of Debussy's "Children's Corner", which, along with his orchestration of "Clair de lune" from the "Suite bergamasque" is probably the most widely performed and recorded example of his work. Caplet was a composer in his own right, whose works have been overlooked for the most part in the modern repertoire. Especially interesting is his instrumental use of voices, as in his "Septuor à cordes vocales et instrumentales" from 1909 and in the oratorio-like "Le Miroir de Jésus" from 1923, which features "choeur de femmes" in an
The Greatest Frenchman The Greatest Frenchman Le Plus Grand Français de tous les temps ("The Greatest Frenchman of all Time") was a France 2 show of early 2005, based on an original series of "Great Britons" on the BBC. The show asked the French viewers whom they thought was the Greatest Frenchman or Frenchwoman. It was presented by Michel Drucker and Thierry Ardisson, and the final episode was broadcast at the French Senate. The winner was the former president and leader of the Free French movement, Charles de Gaulle. The show was criticized by some historians in that it focused only on personalities