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    The Song of Roland (French: La Chanson de Roland) is an 11th-century chanson de geste based on the deeds of the Frankish military leader Roland at the...
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    Harry Connick Jr. (category Jesuit High School (New Orleans) alumni)
    released in December 2007. The third album in the Connick on Piano series, Chanson du Vieux Carré was released in 2007, and Connick received two Grammy nominations...
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    on the album has a French influence due to Condon's interest in French chanson during its recording. Condon has cited Francophone singers Jacques Brel...
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    soundtrack of the first eight sequences included rearranged classics of French chanson and pop culture mixed by DJ Barbara Butch: Serge Gainsbourg – "Initials...
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    but later throughout the world. He is considered a master of the modern chanson. Although he recorded most of his songs in French and occasionally in Flemish...
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  • ibis Iris (opera), by Pietro Mascagni "Iris", a chanson by Michel Lambert (1610–1696) "Iris", a chanson by Jean-Benjamin de La Borde (1734–1794) Iris,...
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    matches the preceding definite article la, thus might fit an implied e.g. chanson, ('song') (cf. the official name of the French hymn: "la Marseillaise"...
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    It contains a unique collection of fifteen texts in French, including chansons de geste, chivalric romances, treatises on warfare and chivalry, and finally...
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  • Lavandou, co-written with André Pascal, was awarded the 1958 Coq d'or de la Chanson Française.[citation needed] Between 1959 and 1964, Mauriat recorded several...
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    Berlin cabaret but other influences such as gypsy and circus music, French chanson and British music hall tunes are also evident. In 2002 their cult hit musical...
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