• 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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    famous of these epic treatments was the Old French Chanson de Roland of the 11th century. Two masterpieces of Italian Renaissance poetry, the Orlando Innamorato...
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    descendant of Charles Martel. While Astolfo's name appeared in the Old French chanson de geste The Four Sons of Aymon, his first major appearance was in the...
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    particular, "the emphasis on love and courtly manners distinguishes it from the chanson de geste and other kinds of epic, in which masculine military heroism predominates...
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  • Turin copy of the Huon d'Auvergne (1441). Prominent masterpieces include two versions of the Chanson de Roland, the very first version of The Travels of...
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  • Franck Pourcel and vocal versions by John William and Les Compagnons de la Chanson, which reached No. 3 in France, and No. 9 in Belgium. The Jamaican group...
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    mélodies, such as the song cycles Cinq mélodies "de Venise" and La bonne chanson, which were settings of Verlaine's poems. Claude Debussy set to music Clair...
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  • newspaper publishes its final issue. The first segment, "The Concrete Masterpiece", follows an incarcerated and unstable painter, and stars Benicio del...
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    she participated as a vocalist to an album considered as a masterpiece of French chanson: the symphonic, dark and epic Il n'y a plus rien (There is nothing...
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    later cycle La bonne chanson, Op. 61 (1894), there were five such themes, according to Fauré. He also wrote that La bonne chanson was his most spontaneous...
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    overture followed by eight movements. The second (Chanson dansée), fourth (Jeu) and seventh (Petite chanson dansée) contain parts for unseen chorus. The published...
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  • 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2013. Original quote in French: « C'est une chanson qui traite de l'homosexualité. C'est un phénomène qu'il faut prendre en...
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    Kurt Weill's masterpiece The Threepenny Opera and pre-war Berlin cabaret but other influences such as gypsy and circus music, French chanson and British...
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  • both with and without dance beats, and is a mix of vaudeville, French chanson, and goth sensibility, using guitar noise, piano, and string sections....
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  • market, spawning dozens of covers. Embraced by musical intellectuals as masterpiece of Dalida's early repertoire of 1950s, it eventually became the symbolic...
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    voir sur le lac d'argent (A. Silvestre), 2 voices, piano, 1905 Ecoutez la chanson bien douce (Verlaine), 1 voice, orchestra, 1905 Les sirènes (Grandmougin)...
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    in its monthly banquets where he had his songs heard. The magazine La Chanson [fr], which appeared from 1878 to 1881, reported about these banquets,...
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  • the way. A typical album might mix influences from vintage pop, French chanson, Ravel, bossa nova, Duke Ellington, the Shirelles, or the Beach Boys, while...
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  • although he cannot be certain. Parade also features some French lyrics and chanson arrangements, which refer to the film's French setting. Parade was released...
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  • 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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    and Naturalism. Her poetic works include Les Heures perdues, L'Eternelle chanson, Minuit, and Evocation. She is also remembered for a collection of decadent...
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    anime series is also the second entry in what is now known as World Masterpiece Theater (Calpis Comic Theater at the time). Zuiyo Enterprise, would split...
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    are today widely regarded by film directors, critics, and scholars as masterpieces. His work is seen as a "critique of the bourgeoisie in general and of...
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  • Orbit's work on Madonna's 1998 album, Ray of Light. Lauded by critics as a masterpiece in the contemporary French pop repertoire, the album was acclaimed on...
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    Gourdon, Jessica (27 February 2015). "Björk : "Comment accrocher une chanson à un mur ?"". Libération (in French). Retrieved 13 April 2016. "GCSE Bitesize...
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  • album, No Need to Argue (1994). Critics have described "Zombie" as "a masterpiece of alternative rock", with grunge-style distorted guitar and shouted...
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    bande-annonce de Toute ressemblance". Le Figaro.fr. "Alain Delon revient à la chanson avec le compositeur de Lara Fabian: écoutez !". 23 April 2019. Top 40,...
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    and 1880. He also wrote two opéras, Die Rheinnixen and his unfinished masterpiece Les contes d'Hoffmann. In his early career he was an internationally...
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    considered a turning point in the history of Western art music, as well as a masterpiece of Impressionist composition. Pierre Boulez considered the score to be...
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    G♭ major Comodo Canon B♭ major Andante cantabile Chanson populaire G major Allegretto semplice Chanson napolitaine G major Vivacissimo Quatre Moments Musicaux...
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