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4 unusual facts about Frère Jacques


Auditory cortex

Kneif et al., in their 2000 study, presented subjects with eight musical notes to well known tunes, such as Yankee Doodle and Frère Jacques.

Brother John

"Frère Jacques" (in English sometimes called "Brother John"), a French nursery melody

Frère Jacques

Francesca Draughon and Raymond Knapp argue that Frère Jacques originally was a song to taunt Jews or Protestants or Martin Luther (see Frère Jacques in popular culture).

Edward Kilenyi pointed out that Fra Jacopino shares the same Frère Jacques-like melody as Chanson de Lambert, a French song dating from 1650, and a Hungarian folk tune.



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