• Charles Chanson (1902–1951) was the Commander of the French-Indo-Chinese forces in southern Vietnam during the First Indochina War. Born on 18 February...
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    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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    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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    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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    Hubert Chanson (born 1 November 1961) is a professional engineer and academic in hydraulic engineering and environmental fluid mechanics. Since 1990 he...
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  • musician Charles Aznavour. It is Aznavour's signature song, as well as one of the most popular French-language songs and a staple of French chanson. A painter...
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  • "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...
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    domestic opposition to the war in France. On July 31, French General Charles Chanson was assassinated during a propaganda suicide attack at Sa Đéc in South...
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  • ISBN 0-8204-3301-2. François Guessard; Charles Loizeau de Grandmaison, eds. (1860). Huon de Bordeaux; chanson de geste (in French). Paris: F. Vieweg....
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    and Kabyle (La bohème in a duet with Idir).Charles Aznavour Songs Catalog "Master of the chanson Charles Aznavour dead at 94". Deutsche Welle. 1 October...
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