A chanson (UK: /ˈʃɒ̃sɒ̃/, US: /ʃɑːnˈsɔːn/; French: chanson française [ʃɑ̃sɔ̃ fʁɑ̃sɛːz] , lit. 'French song') is generally any lyric-driven French song... 14 KB (1,470 words) - 13:10, 26 April 2024 |
 | 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 Frankish military leader Roland at the Battle of Roncevaux... 29 KB (3,778 words) - 20:21, 14 April 2024 |
| 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... 36 KB (4,690 words) - 21:25, 4 March 2024 |
Russian chanson (Russian: русский шансон, tr. russkiy shanson; from French "chanson") is a neologism for a musical genre covering a range of Russian songs... 15 KB (2,021 words) - 01:42, 23 April 2024 |
"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... 7 KB (621 words) - 10:32, 3 April 2024 |
"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... 11 KB (1,037 words) - 04:41, 8 April 2024 |
The Chanson de l'Oignon (French pronunciation: [ʃɑ̃sɔ̃ də lɔɲɔ̃]; "Song of the Onion") is a French marching song from around 1800. According to legend... 4 KB (252 words) - 10:35, 10 February 2024 |
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... 4 KB (358 words) - 06:36, 28 February 2024 |
– "I Love the Nightlife" (1978) Ace Frehley – "New York Groove" (1979) Chanson – "Don't Hold Back" (1979) Cheryl Lynn – "Got to Be Real" (1979) Iain Matthews... 354 KB (31,561 words) - 22:13, 4 May 2024 |
Huon of Bordeaux (redirect from Chanson d'Esclarmonde) another chanson de geste, Auberon, written as the prologue to Huon de Bordeaux. No prose version exists. Huon Roi de Féérie Chanson d'Esclarmonde Chanson de... 8 KB (904 words) - 19:42, 27 November 2023 |
Chanson was an American studio-based disco group from the late 1970s, led by bassist James Jamerson Jr. (born in Detroit, Michigan, 1957–2016) and guitarist... 3 KB (269 words) - 08:40, 2 January 2024 |
Durendal (section Chanson de Roland) sword's name to be "Ḏū l-jandal" meaning "master of stone". According to La Chanson de Roland (The Song of Roland), the sword was brought by an angel to Charlemagne... 20 KB (2,182 words) - 07:52, 24 March 2024 |
 | Chanson de Matin (Morning Song), Op. 15, No. 2, is a musical work composed by Edward Elgar for violin and piano, and later orchestrated by the composer... 5 KB (541 words) - 16:18, 19 August 2023 |
Chanson réaliste (French pronunciation: [ʃɑ̃sɔ̃ ʁealist], realist song) refers to a style of music performed in France primarily from the 1880s until... 7 KB (920 words) - 20:36, 20 January 2024 |
The motet-chanson was a specialized musical form of the Renaissance, developed in Milan during the 1470s and 1480s, which combined aspects of the contemporary... 3 KB (479 words) - 22:52, 16 March 2023 |
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... 976 bytes (96 words) - 05:46, 13 February 2024 |
Greenfields (song) (category Number-one singles in Norway) reached No. 29 on the UK Singles Chart. Les Compagnons de la chanson recorded a French version titled "Verte campagne" in 1960 and it reached No. 2 in France... 4 KB (255 words) - 04:42, 17 March 2024 |
Jamerson, Jr., the R&B group Chanson. Chanson went on to release the 1978 single "Don't Hold Back" which rose to No. 21, #11 and No. 8 on the Hot 100, Dance... 8 KB (639 words) - 04:02, 6 April 2024 |
Music of France (section Chanson) 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... 47 KB (5,534 words) - 18:48, 17 April 2024 |
Geste du roi (category Chansons de geste) one of the literary cycles that compose the Chansons de Geste. In the Chansons of the Geste du roi, the chief character is usually Charlemagne or one... 5 KB (695 words) - 12:47, 19 March 2023 |
The Chanson de Guillaume, also called Chançun de Willame (English: "Song of William"), is a chanson de geste from the first half of the twelfth-century... 4 KB (373 words) - 20:02, 10 July 2023 |
 | Song of the Albigensian Crusade (redirect from La Chanson de la Croisade Albigeoise) Albigensian Crusade from March 1208 to June 1219. Modelled on the Old French chanson de geste, it was composed in two distinct parts: William of Tudela wrote... 6 KB (830 words) - 09:08, 26 May 2023 |
les Chansons N° 1 des Années 70" (in French). InfoDisc. July 7, 1985. Retrieved December 22, 2019. The Scorpions official website Listen to "No One Like... 7 KB (549 words) - 21:06, 18 October 2023 |
The chanson d'aventure ([ʃɑ̃sɔ̃ davɑ̃tyʁ], English: song of adventure) is a genre of medieval poetry originating in France, but which had a substantial... 2 KB (195 words) - 15:50, 26 July 2021 |
Charlemagne and his associates. The cycle springs from the Old French chansons de geste, and was later adapted into a variety of art forms, including... 11 KB (1,477 words) - 06:00, 5 January 2024 |
 | Les Compagnons de la chanson were a French harmony vocal group, formed in 1946 from an earlier group founded in Lyon, France in 1941. Their best known... 20 KB (2,188 words) - 08:43, 18 April 2024 |
Yde et Olive (redirect from Chanson d'Ide et d'Olive) thirteenth-century chanson de geste written in decasyllabic monorhyming laisses in a Picard-influenced dialect of Old French. It is one episode in a cycle... 8 KB (1,152 words) - 05:30, 11 January 2024 |
Aiquin (redirect from Chanson d'Aiquin) ("The Conquest of Brittany by King Charlemagne"), is a medieval Old French chanson de geste (heroic narrative poem) about the rivalry between a Saracen king... 5 KB (544 words) - 02:04, 4 October 2021 |
 | Eurovision Song Contest 1968 (redirect from À chacun sa chanson) broadcast on 30 April at 20:30 AST (12:30 UTC) René-Roger (9 April 1968). "La chanson espagnole triomphe devant 200 millions de spectateurs" [Spanish song triumphs... 39 KB (1,883 words) - 23:13, 3 May 2024 |
 | Šibenik (redirect from Dalmatian Chanson Evenings) its spiritual successor Super Uho festival. Šibenik hosts the Dalmatian Chanson Evenings festival (Večeri Dalmatinske Šansone), held in the second half... 40 KB (3,113 words) - 17:34, 15 April 2024 |