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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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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Huon of Bordeaux (redirect from Chanson d'Esclarmonde)
Huon eventually accomplishes all these feats with the assistance of the fairy king Oberon. The chanson de geste that survives (in three more or less complete...
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Orly is a chanson (song) in French by the Belgian songwriter Jacques Brel. It was recorded on September 5, 1977 and released on Brel's last long-playing...
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Serge Gainsbourg (category French people of Russian-Jewish descent)
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...
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The Harari people (Harari: ጌይ ኡሱኣች Gēy Usuach, "People of the City") are a Semitic-speaking ethnic group which inhabits the Horn of Africa. Members of...
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La Castou (category People from Franches-Montagnes District)
of 75. Bulle [fr] (2020) Beautiful Minds (2021) A Coups De Cœur (1983) Sorcière - En Public (1996) Médaille d'or de la chanson [fr] (1975) Gloor, Lea (27...
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Trois Chansons, M 69, is a composition by Maurice Ravel for a cappella choir, set to his own texts. Ravel began the composition in December 1914 in response...
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Grigory Leps (category Russian chanson)
changed from Russian chanson in his early years to soft rock recently. He is known for his low, strong baritone voice. People's Artist of Russia (2022)...
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androgyne monté sur Doc Martens, et puis cette chanson mélodieuse Henderson, Amy (June 29, 2017). "The Pioneering Androgyny of Classic Hollywood Star...
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Michel Fugain (category Living people)
television shows dedicated to chanson and popular music between 1988 and 2002. His career went into a hiatus after the death of his daughter, but he resumed...
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collection Trente Chansons bourguignonnes du Pays de Beaune, at the beginning of the 20th century. This version is estimated to date from the 13th century...
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many Old French chansons de geste. In particular, he features as the protagonist in La Chevalerie Ogier (c. 1220), which belongs to the Geste de Doon de...
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World, Beautiful People" by Jimmy Cliff. The title track is a French-language version of "Gentle on My Mind" by Glen Campbell. "C'est la même chanson" is...
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The pianist Graham Johnson notes that it closes Fauré's second period and opens the doors into his third. Johnson notes that it is "for many people the...
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cafe. Denise, the wife of the proprietor, tends to her chores while singing "Chanson": first in French, then English. She sees the same faces every day, but...
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Jacques Brel (category People from Schaerbeek)
following—initially in Belgium and France, but later throughout the world. He is considered a master of the modern chanson. Although he recorded most of his songs in French...
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Barbara (singer) (redirect from Barbara (French songwriter, chanson singer))
revealed in the writing of a number of singers, French-speaking and otherwise. A style referred to as "Nouvelle Chanson", or "New Chanson", artists such...
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belles chansons françaises). On 1 January 1994, Chante France was created and later sponsored by four people of the French radio and chanson : Pierre...
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and fashion. In 2006 she was awarded the Grande médaille de la chanson française, an honorary award given by the Académie française, in recognition of...
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Grand Prix of the Eurovision Song Competition; French: Grand Prix Eurovision de la Chanson Européenne 1956), was held on 24 May 1956 at the Teatro Kursaal...
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Cançó de Santa Fe (redirect from Chanson de Sainte Foi d'Agen)
The Cançó (or Cançon) de Santa Fe (Occitan: [kanˈsu ðe ˈsantɔ ˈfe], Catalan: [kənˈso ðə ˈsantə ˈfɛ]; French: Chanson de Sainte Foi d'Agen, English: Song...
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Hozier (redirect from Through Me (The Flood))
soloist on their 2014 release Illuminations singing "La Chanson de Mardi Gras". Hozier played at the Oxegen 2009 and Oxegen 2010 festivals. In 2012, Hozier...
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Patricia Kaas (category Living people)
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 has...
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légendes, contes, chansons, proverbes, devinettes, superstitïons. Tome XXXVI. Paris: J. Maisonneuve. 1898. pp. 265-276. Byrde, Elsie. The Polish Fairy Book...
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Greuceanu (section Chuvash people)
de mythologie solaire dans les chansons de Noël). In: Anuarul Muzeului Etnografic al Moldovei [The Yearly Review of the Ethnographic Museum of Moldavia]...
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Morgan le Fay (redirect from Morgan the Fay)
In the 13th-century chanson de geste story of another Paladin, Huon of Bordeaux, Morgan is a protector of the eponymous hero and the mother of the fairy...
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Juliette Gréco (category French people of Corsican descent)
2006: La Chanson de Prévert : written and composed by Serge Gainsbourg. 2009: Le Déserteur: written and composed by Boris Vian. 1947: The Bouquinquant...
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La belle Hélène (redirect from The Beautiful Helen)
elɛn], The Beautiful Helen) is an opéra bouffe in three acts, with music by Jacques Offenbach and words by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. The piece...
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Retrieved 12 November 2023. "Two Steps From Hell - Heart Of Courage (Chanson)". lescharts.com (in French). Retrieved 13 June 2022. "Legend". TrailerMusic...
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