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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famous songs from the film are "A Pair of Twins" ("Chanson des Jumelles") and Maxence's Song ("Chanson de Maxence"), which was later relyricized by Alan...
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Matter of France (category All articles needing additional references)
the Old French chansons de geste, and was later adapted into a variety of art forms, including Renaissance epics and operas. Together with the Matter...
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"It's All Coming Back to Me Now" is a power ballad written by Jim Steinman. According to Steinman, the song was inspired by Wuthering Heights, and was...
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Music of France (category All articles with unsourced statements)
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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Roland (category All articles needing additional references)
Heaven of Mars together with others who fought for the faith. Roland appears in Entrée d'Espagne, a 14th-century Franco-Venetian chanson de geste (in which...
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December 9, 1995. p. 12. Retrieved June 2, 2019. "NIRVANA – SINGLES (CHANSON)". lescharts.com. Retrieved June 2, 2019. "Classement Singles – année 1994"...
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Courir de Mardi Gras (redirect from Chanson de Mardi Gras)
Examples include the use of the burlap whip and the tune on which the Chanson de Mardi Gras are based, both of which are traced back to Brittany, a Celtic...
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Édith Piaf (category All articles needing additional references)
entertainer best known for performing songs in the cabaret and modern chanson genres. She is widely regarded as France's greatest popular singer and...
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Eurovision Song Contest 2025 (category All articles containing potentially dated statements)
«Concours luxembourgeois de la chanson», la volonté est là. «Nous préparons et recherchons le prochain candidat pour aller en Suisse», a déclaré Gloesener...
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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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Akiyuki Nosaka (category All stub articles)
writer he used the name Yukio Aki (阿木 由紀夫, Aki Yukio) and his alias as a chanson singer was Claude Nosaka (クロード 野坂, Kurōdo Nosaka). Nosaka was born in Kamakura...
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Fortunate Son (category All articles needing additional references)
December 9, 2020. Thoury, Jean-William (2002). Johnny en chanson, dictionnaire des chansons de Johnny Hallyday [Johnny in song, dictionary of Johnny Hallyday...
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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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Lorraine cycle (category Chansons de geste)
The 12th-century chanson de geste of Garin le Loherain ('Garin the Lotharingian'), together with the slightly later Girbert de Metz, form the core and...
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October 2014). "Christine and The Queens: "Je ne veux pas choisir entre chanson française et pop-music anglaise"". Franceinfo (in French). Retrieved 21...
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For Portis, Dutronc marks a break with the literary tradition of French chanson in his creative use of the sounds, rather than just the syntax, of the...
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posters on the windows displaying the words "Chansons de Départ", which is French for "Departure Songs". All tracks are written by Marc Byrd and Andrew...
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Celine Dion (category All articles with dead external links)
skilled vocals. Her music has incorporated genres such as pop, rock, R&B, chanson, and classical music. Her recordings have been mainly in English and French...
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List of best-selling music artists (redirect from Best-selling artist of all time)
says "no point" in Oasis reforming as band sells "as many records now" than when together". NME. October 18, 2022. Archived from the original on February...
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Françoise Hardy (category All articles containing potentially dated statements)
herself assembling a song book, Chansons sur toi et nous, a compilation of all of her lyrics with commentaries. Chansons sur toi et nous was published in...
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Alain Bashung (category All articles with unsourced statements)
French singer, songwriter and actor. Credited with reviving the French chanson in "a time of French musical turmoil", he is often regarded as the most...
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Le Pèlerinage de Charlemagne (category Chansons de geste)
Pèlerinage de Charlemagne (The Pilgrimage of Charlemagne) is an Old French chanson de geste (epic poem) dealing with a fictional expedition by Charlemagne...
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occasion to sneak in, and the lovers are re-united (love duet: "C'est une chanson d'amour" – "It's a love song"). After Crespel returns, he receives a visit...
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The Baker's Wife (category All articles with dead external links)
thing to happen in this town in all my life!" The second act opens as the first, with Denise reprising her "Chanson". The villagers reprise "If It Wasn't...
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Patricia Kaas (category All BLP articles lacking sources)
French singer and actress. Her music is a mix of pop, cabaret, jazz, and chanson. Since the appearance of her 1988 debut album Mademoiselle chante..., Kaas...
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Renaissance music (category All articles with unsourced statements)
techniques from sacred music, and vice versa. Popular secular forms such as the chanson and madrigal spread throughout Europe. Courts employed virtuoso performers...
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Lloyd Webber. A separate choral arrangement of "All I Ask of You" appears on The King's Singers's Chanson d'Amour (1992). Elaine Paige released a solo version...
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but later 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...
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David Foster discography (redirect from Hold Me Now (Renee Olstead song))
Yes Yes Yes "Let's Get Together" Yes Yes Yes "Can't Hide Love" Yes Yes Yes "You're All I Need To Get By" Yes Yes Yes "It All Goes Round" Yes Yes Yes...
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