Media: Conclusion
The Django rose ceremony (pp. 183-4)
Image 6.1: Gigi Loeffler, Yorgui Loeffler, and Sébastien Kauffmann in front of flowerbeds. Roseraie Barth, Lochwiller, Alsace, 6 July 2014. Photo by Siv B. Lie.
Image 6.2: Gigi Loeffler posing between flowerbeds. Roseraie Barth, Lochwiller, Alsace, 6 July 2014. Photo by Siv B. Lie.
Image 6.3: Yorgui Loeffler next to guitar-shaped rose arrangement at the Django Reinhardt Rose dedication ceremony. Roseraie Barth, Lochwiller, Alsace, 6 July 2014. Photo by Siv B. Lie.
Video 6.1: Concert at Django Reinhardt Rose dedication ceremony
This video includes clickable timestamps for the following tunes:
0:00 "Nuages"
1:29 "Minor Swing"
4:38 "Chante...Comme Si Tu Devais Mourir Demain"
6:52 "Love Theme" from The Godfather
10:32 "La Gitane"
Video 6.1: Gigi Loeffler, Yorgui Loeffler, and Sébastien Kauffmann. Roseraie Barth, Lochwiller, Alsace, 6 July 2014. Video by Siv B. Lie.
Video 6.2: France 3 report on the rose dedication
ENGLISH TRANSLATION
0:00: PRIEST: Bless God, who created the earth with all his might …
0:07: ANNOUNCER: It’s with a lot of emotion that this Sunday morning in Lochwiller, the new Django Reinhardt rose was baptized and blessed religiously before being unveiled to the public, to rose enthusiasts, and [to] ardent jazz fans. Under the tent [the wind] blew like an air of freedom, and very quickly the jazz manouche trio sounded its guitars and created an even warmer ambience.
0:37: ANNOUNCER: For the godmother, it was first of all a huge joy.
0:41: ZELLER: I really love roses, and frankly it’s an honor because the rose, it’s the queen of flowers, and music interests me a lot, particularly jazz, jazz manouche, which is the cradle of jazz music in Alsace.
0:59: ANNOUNCER: The godfather, himself a musician, especially likes the blood-red color and the magic scent of this rose.
1:05: LOEFFLER: It was a pleasure, it touched me a lot to be [named] the godfather of this Django Reinhardt rose, which is, by the way, magnificent, knowing that Django Reinhardt is the founder, the creator of this jazz, which people call jazz manouche, or rather French jazz, or European jazz, because he’s still the musician who represents Europe in the whole world [of] jazz.
1:25: ANNOUNCER: Django Reinhardt remain a myth. This rustic rose was carefully selected after four years of research by the first rose producer in Alsace.
1:34: BARTH: Red was Django Reinhardt’s favorite color. Red is above all the color of love, it’s the color of energy, and [this rose] will be universally known because this artist is known worldwide, and this variety, it has all the attractive traits to be planted the world over.
1:52: ANNOUNCER: Django Reinhardt joins all the other idols who have roses named after them, and who are [as a result] all the more immortal.
“Lass Maro Tschatschepen” (p. 184)
Video 6.3: “Lass Maro Tschatschepen,” original recording by the Häns’che Weiss Quintett (1977).
Video 6.4: “Lass Maro Tschatschepen,” here titled “Maré Sinté,” as performed by Di Mauro Swing. Note: this is a “360°” video, so you can click and drag your cursor to see the full scope of the studio space. Source: France Bleu Alsace.