• 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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    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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    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 (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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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  • "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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  • 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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    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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  • 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 (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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    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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  • 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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