A chanson (UK: /ˈʃɒ̃sɒ̃/, US: /ʃɑːnˈsɔːn/; French: chanson française [ʃɑ̃sɔ̃ fʁɑ̃sɛːz] , lit. 'French song') is generally any lyric-driven French song...
14 KB (1,470 words) - 08:00, 21 August 2024
Russian chanson (Russian: русский шансон, romanized: russkiy shanson; from French "chanson") is a neologism for a musical genre covering a range of Russian...
15 KB (2,022 words) - 23:21, 10 May 2024
"Chanson d'automne" ("Autumn Song") is a poem by Paul Verlaine (1844–1896), one of the best known in the French language. It is included in Verlaine's...
7 KB (622 words) - 02:31, 13 July 2024
The chanson de geste (Old French for 'song of heroic deeds', from Latin: gesta 'deeds, actions accomplished') is a medieval narrative, a type of epic...
36 KB (4,689 words) - 07:39, 21 August 2024
Durendal (section In the Chanson de Roland)
The sword is famous for its hardness and sharpness. Sources including La Chanson de Roland (The Song of Roland) state that it first belonged to the young...
22 KB (2,427 words) - 21:45, 18 August 2024
Lyubov Uspenskaya (category Russian chanson)
"urban romance" or Russian "chanson" (Russian: городской романс, gorodskoy romans) style. Multiple winner of the "Chanson of the Year" (Russian: Шансон...
14 KB (1,761 words) - 18:24, 14 April 2024
Huon of Bordeaux (redirect from Chanson d'Esclarmonde)
accomplishes all these feats with the assistance of the fairy king Oberon. The chanson de geste that survives (in three more or less complete manuscripts and...
8 KB (904 words) - 19:42, 27 November 2023
Song of the Albigensian Crusade (redirect from La Chanson de la Croisade Albigeoise)
Albigensian Crusade from March 1208 to June 1219. Modelled on the Old French chanson de geste, it was composed in two distinct parts: William of Tudela wrote...
6 KB (830 words) - 09:08, 26 May 2023
Šibenik (redirect from Dalmatian Chanson Evenings)
its spiritual successor Super Uho festival. Šibenik hosts the Dalmatian Chanson Evenings festival (Večeri Dalmatinske Šansone), held in the second half...
39 KB (3,076 words) - 06:47, 4 September 2024
Orly is a chanson (song) in French by the Belgian songwriter Jacques Brel. It was recorded on September 5, 1977 and released on Brel's last long-playing...
28 KB (4,302 words) - 08:00, 9 June 2024