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...
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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...
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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...
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Charlemagne and his associates. The cycle springs from the Old French chansons de geste, and was later adapted into a variety of art forms, including...
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court in the 8th century. They first appear in the medieval (12th century) chanson de geste cycle of the Matter of France, where they play a similar role...
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"Toutes les Chansons N° 1 des Années 70" (in French). InfoDisc. 1978-03-10. Retrieved 22 December 2019. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Fantasy". Irish...
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(E-flat major): Act 3, aria (Micaëla) – "Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante" Chanson du Toréador (F minor/F major) – Act 2, introduction and aria (Escamillo):...
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public opinion. His artistic output ranged from his early work in jazz, chanson, and yé-yé to later efforts in rock, zouk, funk, reggae, and electronica...
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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...
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Owen Pallett (redirect from Final Fantasy (artist))
violinist, keyboardist, and vocalist. Under their former pseudonym Final Fantasy, Pallett won the 2006 Polaris Music Prize for the album He Poos Clouds...
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