| In France now, we are more into French chanson or electronic music, because rock music isn't our culture. |
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| The student will have learned that during this period, four-part frottole, chanson, and lieder are often performed as voice and lute duets. |
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| Others, such as the chanson de toile and the pastourelle, hint at popular traditions of song. |
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| Despite their momentariness within the whole work, it is probable that a late 15 th-century audience familiar with the chanson would have found these quotations striking. |
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| The audience greeted Brel's show with rapturous applause, while the critics hailed him as the new star of French chanson. |
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| Few musical genres sport the elegance of the French chanson. |
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| In the hands of these four troubadours, the entire history of chanson québécoise is brought to life before our very eyes. |
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| Inspired by the French chanson star's clever wordplay, he vowed one day he would use his love of language to promote the Creole language. |
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| Ultimately, you're rather left with the impression that all you've done is check out whether Dutronc still has one of the greatest repertoires of French chanson. |
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| At a time when chanson and French variety was more about teamwork, when you didn't climb up on stage without a backing orchestra, Félix Leclerc's style seemed liberating. |
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| With one foot in the tradition of English rock, and the other in French chanson, this album offers much more than an attractive fusion of sound: we find ourselves in a deliciously seductive dream world. |
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| Although he draws from the French chanson and sentimental ballad, elements that hark back to the 1930s recordings of La Bolduc and her folk contemporaries are still easily identifiable. |
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| Born in France where he trained under Léon Chancerel and Hubert Gignoux, this larger-than-life individual arrived in Canada in 1950 with the Compagnons de la chanson. |
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| The Angry Old Man of French chanson appears to have mellowed with age and the songs on the album are infused with a new-found serenity and humour. |
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| On Friday, February 25, enter another equally joyous register with the zany good humour, charm and cheer of Tricot machine, a ridiculously refreshing duo delivering new Quebec chanson. |
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| Bertrand Burgalat's recently released Portrait Robot serves as a dramatic counterpoint to the self-indulgence and stylistic clichés of the new French chanson scene. |
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