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4 unusual facts about Anna Marly


Anna Marly

They originally moved to South America before finally settling in Lazy Mountain, Alaska, she and her husband eventually becoming US citizens.

He asked the writers Joseph Kessel and Maurice Druon, both of whom had travelled with him, to translate the song into French.

In her youth Marly had worked as a ballet dancer in Monte Carlo, and been taught by the Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev.

Low Estate

Most notably, the Nouvelle Version also included a rendition of the Gun Club song "Fire Spirit" and Marly/d'Astier composition "The Partisan", both with the participation of Bertrand Cantat, as well as a re-recording of "Coal Black Horses", originally featured on the 16 Horsepower EP.



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Chant des Partisans

Anna Marly also wrote and performed a more introspective song, La Complainte du Partisan, which was later adapted and translated into English as "The Partisan".

Come from the Shadows

In addition to her own compositions "Prison Trilogy", "Myths", and "Love Song to a Stranger", Baez included John Lennon's "Imagine", Anna Marly's "Song of the Partisan", and Mimi Fariña's "In the Quiet Morning (for Janis Joplin)".