A chanson (UK: /ˈʃɒ̃sɒ̃/, US: /ʃɑːnˈsɔːn/; French: chanson française [ʃɑ̃sɔ̃ fʁɑ̃sɛːz] , lit. 'French song') is generally any lyric-driven French song...
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Song of Roland (redirect from Chanson de Roland)
The Song of Roland (French: La Chanson de Roland) is an 11th-century chanson de geste based on the deeds of the Frankish military leader Roland at the...
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"Chanson d'automne" ("Autumn Song") is a poem by Paul Verlaine (1844–1896), one of the best known in the French language. It is included in Verlaine's...
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Russian chanson (Russian: русский шансон, romanized: russkiy shanson; from French "chanson") is a neologism for a musical genre covering a range of Russian...
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Chanson (French for "song") can refer to: Chanson (band), a 1970s disco group The French chanson, songs from the late Middle Ages to modern times, including...
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"Chanson D'Amour" (French for 'Love Song'; pronounced [ʃɑ̃sɔ̃ damuʁ]) is a popular song written by Wayne Shanklin. A 1977 recording by the Manhattan Transfer...
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The chanson de geste (Old French for 'song of heroic deeds', from Latin: gesta 'deeds, actions accomplished') is a medieval narrative, a type of epic...
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Chanson du Vieux Carré: Connick On Piano, Volume 3 (2007) is Harry Connick Jr.'s 3rd album from Marsalis Music. It is recorded with his big band, and...
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Nouvelle Chanson (French pronunciation: [nuvɛl ʃɑ̃sɔ̃], meaning "New Song"), derived from the French expression nouvelle scène française, sometimes anglicized...
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The Chanson d'Antioche is a chanson de geste in 9000 lines of Alexandrin in stanzas called laisses, now known in a version composed about 1180 for a courtly...
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Durendal (section In the Chanson de Roland)
The sword is famous for its hardness and sharpness. Sources including La Chanson de Roland (The Song of Roland) state that it first belonged to the young...
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The Chanson de l'Oignon (French pronunciation: [ʃɑ̃sɔ̃ də lɔɲɔ̃]; "Song of the Onion") is a French marching song from around 1800 but the melody can be...
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Lullaby (Slimani novel) (redirect from Chanson Douce)
Lullaby (French: Chanson douce, lit. 'Sweet song'; published as The Perfect Nanny in the United States) is a 2016 novel by French author Leïla Slimani...
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Charles Chanson (1902–1951) was the Commander of the French-Indo-Chinese forces in southern Vietnam during the First Indochina War. Born on 18 February...
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Chanson: The Space in Between is a 2000 album by Barb Jungr. "Ne me quitte pas" (Jacques Brel, Des de Moor) – 5:32 Originally recorded by Jacques Brel...
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Chanson d'amour (plural: Chansons d'amour) may refer to: Chanson d'amour (musical) 1921 French adaptation of the operetta Das Dreimäderlhaus "Chanson...
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The "Chanson perpétuelle", Op. 37 is a mélodie by Ernest Chausson, written in December 1898. It is one of the major vocal-orchestral works of Chausson...
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The chanson d'aventure ([ʃɑ̃sɔ̃ davɑ̃tyʁ], English: song of adventure) is a genre of medieval poetry originating in France, but which had a substantial...
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Šibenik (redirect from Dalmatian Chanson Evenings)
its spiritual successor Super Uho festival. Šibenik hosts the Dalmatian Chanson Evenings festival (Večeri Dalmatinske Šansone), held in the second half...
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Chanson réaliste (French pronunciation: [ʃɑ̃sɔ̃ ʁealist], realist song) refers to a style of music performed in France primarily from the 1880s until...
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Eurovision Song Contest (redirect from Concours Eurovision de la chanson)
The Eurovision Song Contest (French: Concours Eurovision de la chanson), often known simply as Eurovision, is an international song competition organised...
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Music of France (section Chanson)
romantic composers, while folk and popular music have seen the rise of the chanson and cabaret style. The oldest playable musical recordings were made in...
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Couleurs Primaires (redirect from Sur une chanson en français)
"Sur Une Chanson En Français" (5:14) "Le Bal Des Oubliés" (6:10) "Garde Le Pour Toi" (Thee Loving Hand Mix Parts I + II) (18:49) "Sur Une Chanson En Français"...
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La Bonne Chanson is a collection of poems written by Paul Verlaine from the winter of 1869 to the spring of 1870. Twenty-one poems belong to this group...
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List of musicians from Quebec (section Chanson)
Laure – also chanson Daniel Lavoie – also chanson Murray Lightburn Loud (rapper) Lubalin Amanda Mabro Marie-Mai Marilou – also chanson Julie Masse Men...
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Drinking song (redirect from Chanson à boire)
as a drinking song. In France, historical types of drinking songs are Chanson pour boire and Air à boire. "99 Bottles of Beer" "Barnacle Bill the Sailor"...
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Jean Bodel (redirect from Chanson de Saisnes)
French poet who wrote a number of chansons de geste as well as many fabliaux. He lived in Arras. Bodel wrote Chanson des Saisnes [fr] ("Song of the Saxons")...
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Same Old Song (redirect from On connait la chanson)
Same Old Song (French: On connaît la chanson) is a 1997 French comedy-drama film. It was directed by Alain Resnais, and written by Agnès Jaoui and Jean-Pierre...
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Eurovision Song Contest 1968 (redirect from À chacun sa chanson)
broadcast on 30 April 1968 at 20:30 (AST) René-Roger (9 April 1968). "La chanson espagnole triomphe devant 200 millions de spectateurs" [Spanish song triumphs...
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Huon of Bordeaux (redirect from Chanson d'Esclarmonde)
accomplishes all these feats with the assistance of the fairy king Oberon. The chanson de geste that survives (in three more or less complete manuscripts and...
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