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unusual facts about chanson



19 equal temperament

Interest in such a tuning system goes back to the 16th century, when composer Guillaume Costeley used it in his chanson Seigneur Dieu ta pitié of 1558.

Adieu mes amours

Although "Adieu mes amours" was originally a secular chanson, it was used in a number of mass settings such as, Missa "Adieu mes amours" which uses both parody and cantus firmus compositional techniques by Francesco de Layolle, and another Missa "Adieu mes amours" by Jacob Obrecht.

Josquin's chanson was used as the basis for works by a number of other composers, including a version by Heinrich Isaac, and the five-voice chanson "Vous seulement" by Simon Moreau.

Allez regrets

Cholji (ref. 1) lists five chanson settings, including those by Alexander Agricola and Loyset Compere, and five mass settings, including that by Josquin

"Allez regrets" is a chanson usually credited to Hayne van Ghizeghem.

Auguste-Louis Bertin d'Antilly

It was suppressed 18 fructidor An V (5 September 1797) in connection with the counter-revolutionary Coup of 18 Fructidor; earlier that year the Imprimerie du The that printed the journal had printed his "Disgrâce des triumvirs: chanson constitutionnelle", a commentary on disunion among the members of the French Directory.

Bertrand Bitz

In 2007, he wins second prize at the famous Swiss singing contest "La médaille d'or de la chanson" in Saignelégier.

Caroline Legrand

She was recruited by the French singer François Feldman after being the first winner of the 'Tremplin de la chanson française' that the Parisian nightclub L'Orange Bleue organized.

Chanson D'Amour

In the UK both the Art and Dotty Todd and Fontane Sisters versions of "Chanson D'Amour" were issued along with domestic covers by Tony Brent and Steve Martin.

Chanson de Nuit

In 1976 Dominique Bagouet had his first great success with his performance of Chanson de Nuit, winning the Concours de Bagnolet.

Chanson du Vieux Carré : Connick on Piano, Volume 3

The title "Chanson Du Vieux Carré", means "Song of the French Quarter".

Chanson perpétuelle

The Chanson perpétuelle, Op. 37 is a mélodie by Ernest Chausson, written in December 1898.

Charles Chanson

Born on 18 February 1902 in Grenoble, France, Charles Marie Ferreol Chanson was educated at Ecole Polytechnique (entrance: 1922).

Charles Martin Loeffler

His best-known works include the symphonic poems La Mort de Tintagiles (after Maeterlinck), La Bonne Chanson (after Verlaine), A Pagan Poem (after Virgil), and Memories of My Childhood (Life in a Russian Village), as well as the song-cycle Five Irish Fantasies (to words by W. B. Yeats and Heffernan), and the chamber works Music for Four String Instruments and Two Rhapsodies for oboe, viola and piano.

Charroi de Nîmes

William reminds the king of his past service (as told in the chanson Li coronemenz Looïs), and he is eventually accorded the right to an expeditionary force to conquer Nîmes from the Saracens.

Claude Goudimel

Few details of his life are known until he is documented in Paris in 1549, where he was studying at the University of Paris; in that year he also published a book of chansons.

De tous biens plaine

"De tous biens plaine" is a French chanson, usually credited to Hayne van Ghizeghem, who wrote a 3-part version, published by Petrucci in 1501.

Der K und K Kalypso aus Wien

The song is somewhat unusual, in that it represents one of the first attempts to fuse an ethnic musical style (in this case, Calypso) with the chanson-style songs popular in the Contest at the time.

Fors seulement

Many versions of the chanson were produced including those by Ockeghem, Josquin, Pipelare, Verbonnet, Obrecht, Pirson, Brumel and Agricola.

France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1981

The French national final to select their entry, Concours de la Chanson Française pour l'Eurovision 1981, was held on 8 March at the TF1 Studios in Paris, and was hosted by television hostess Fabienne Égal.

Frère Jacques

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.

Hamuchtar

Accompanied by an accordionist, he toured Israel amidst scud rocket attacks and re-introduced chansons and burlesque to Bauhaus Tel-Aviv.

It's the Same Old Song

Claude François released a cover version of the song in French called "C'est la même chanson".

Les Poppys

The most successful chanson was Non, non, rien n'a changé, for which Bruno Polius was the lead solo singer, and which sold 1,200,000 copies and was a number one hit in The Netherlands and stayed in the Dutch Top 40 for 25 weeks.

Les Surveillantes

After their success in the Réseau National des Galas de la chanson, the group performed at many festivals, including Coup de Coeur francophone Montreal, and Winnipeg in November 2009, and in 2010 the Festival Vue sur la Relève at Montreal in 2010, the Chicane Albertaine at Nordegg, and the Festival international de la chanson de Granby (out of contest).

Manning formula

Chanson, H. (2004), The Hydraulics of Open Channel Flow, Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, UK, 2nd edition, 630 pages (ISBN 978 0 7506 5978 9)

Morane-Saulnier MS.603

Initially registered F-WCZU in the experimental series, and re-registered F-PHQY in the amateur-operated series, the MS.602 was owned by Messieurs Gambi and Chanson and based at Saint-Cyr-l'École airfield to the west of Paris.

Neca Falk

She is well-known for her chansons and for her children's songs about cats, written by Kajetan Kovič.

Pacific Chorale

The Chorale performs a wide range of classics and modern pieces, and has commissioned numerous works including most recently Chanson Eloignee by Morten Lauridsen and Bruce Springsteen Rocks New Orleans by Jake Heggie.

Philip Jeays

He also contributes to two Radio 4 programmes 'Singing In The Wilderness' (presented by Tom Robinson and 'Chanson' presented by Kit Hesketh-Harvey.

Quebec Route 131

Les Cowboys Fringants, groupe de musique Québécois, font référence à la route 131 dans leur chanson Le Shack à Hector.

Romy Haag

In 1972, an American show manager offered Haag a tour booking and she performed her show "Berlin Chanson" at Fire Island, in Long Island and Atlantic City.

Story of Women

Additional music : La Chanson du maçon, music by Henri Betti

The Young Girls of Rochefort

The most famous songs from this film score, which is generally less acclaimed than that for The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, are "A Pair of Twins" ("Chanson des Jumelles" in French) and "You Must Believe in Spring" ("Chanson de Maxence").

Une chanson c'est une lettre

"Une chanson c'est une lettre" was composed by André Popp, who previously had written Vicky Leandros' 1967 entry "L'amour est bleu", which only finished 4th in the Contest but still went on to become a worldwide hit when covered by French band leader Paul Mauriat.


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