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...

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 poem...

remained a chanson classic and jazz standard ever since. Trenet said that he had written an initial version of the song's lyrics as a poem at the age of 16,...

known among speakers of other languages; in this respect, it is similar to "Frère Jacques". Many US Marines and other Allied soldiers learnt the song while...

La Chanson de Craonne (French pronunciation: [la ʃɑ̃sɔ̃ də kʁa(ɔ)n]; English: The Song of Craonne) is an anti-military song of World War I written in...

member of and toured with the choral ensemble Anúna from 2009 to 2012 and appeared as a soloist on their 2014 release Illuminations singing "La Chanson de...

was often autobiographical, and she specialized in chanson réaliste and torch ballads about love, loss and sorrow. Her most widely known songs include...

public opinion. His artistic output ranged from his early work in jazz, chanson, and yé-yé to later efforts in rock, zouk, funk, reggae, and electronica...

Aspects of Love is a musical with music and book by Andrew Lloyd Webber, and lyrics by Don Black and Charles Hart. It is based on the 1955 novella of the...

m'en de la chanson" (1961) "Enjoy It!" (1962) "Le twist du canotier" (1962) "Jolies mômes de mon quartier" (1962) "Moi, avec une chanson" (1962) "Au...

by his lover's father. Joli dragon – 'Chanson languedocienne' (No.25) – from Languedoc where a handsome soldier, courted by a lady, returns to his own...

Frozen) Yes Yes We Love Disney Artists "It's a Small World" Yes Yes Yes Andrea Bocelli "Maria" (from West Side Story) Cinema Yes "La chanson de Lara" (from...

reworking by Herbert Stothart of Friml's 1918 orchestral piece 'Chanson'), which became extremely popular, as was one of the Friml songs, "Giannina Mia"...

shares some features with the Old French La Chanson de Roland of the eleventh century, which tells of the death of Roland. The story is also a chivalric romance...

thwarted romance between a soldier and a woman. Like many folk songs, the authorship is unattributed, there is no strict version of the lyrics, and it is often...

throughout the world. He is considered a master of the modern chanson. Although he recorded most of his songs in French and occasionally in Flemish,...

is watching you, and that love is waiting for you, Toreador, love, love is waiting for you! (Refrain ×2) Love! Love! Love! Toreador, Toreador, Toreador...

"Laisse-moi t'aimer" ("Let Me Love You"). Brant died by suicide at the height of his career by jumping from a window of an apartment in Paris. He was...

of the French singer Barbara. Reggiani became one of the more acclaimed performers of French chanson, and although he was in his 40s, his rugged image...

In a legend, Saint George—a soldier venerated in Christianity—defeats a dragon at Dragon Hill, Uffington. The story goes that the dragon originally extorted...

first met the Belgian singer-songwriter and chanson singer Jacques Brel. McKuen began to translate the work of this composer into English, which led to the...

Retrieved 23 December 2021. "" Nous les amoureux " de Jean-Claude Pascal, une chanson qui annonce la révolution du mouvement gay..." La Première (in French)...

Birchall, Amy (2 April 2012). "Tina Arena sings the praises of Soldier On" (PDF). Soldier On: Helping Our Wounded Warriors. Archived from the original...

opportunity to try her hand at romantic comedy. Her next project, I Loved a Soldier (1936), ended in shambles when the film was scrapped several weeks...

collaborator of French New Wave director Jean-Luc Godard, her first husband, performing in several of his films, including The Little Soldier (1960), A Woman...

Werner Fassbinder, including Love Is Colder Than Death (1969), Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? (1970), and The American Soldier (1970). She continued to appear...

Not only as a singer, but as an actor, as a personality, as a master of 'chanson'." Aznavour was also highly regarded by Frank Sinatra, Celine Dion, Edith...

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for Burgundian musicians of the time were highly prized. Hayne is principally known as a composer of chansons, and most of these are rondeaux. Two in...

and she performed with him on the film's theme song, "La Chanson de Slogan", the first of many collaborations between the two. After filming Slogan,...