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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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  • times kiss the Emir's daughter, Esclarmonde. Huon eventually accomplishes all these feats with the assistance of the fairy king Oberon. The chanson de...
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  • Russian chanson (Russian: русский шансон, romanized: russkiy shanson; from French "chanson") is a neologism for a musical genre covering a range of Russian...
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  • Chanson (French for "song") can refer to: Chanson (band), a 1970s disco group The French chanson, songs from the late Middle Ages to modern times, including...
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  • The band Modern Times, consisting of Simone Weis and Jimmy Martin, was the last (until 2024) participants for Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest...
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    descendant of Charles Martel. While Astolfo's name appeared in the Old French chanson de geste The Four Sons of Aymon, his first major appearance was in the...
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    a French singer best known for performing songs in the cabaret and modern chanson genres. She is widely regarded as France's greatest popular singer and...
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  • "Chantez la bonne chanson". Virtual Gramophone. Library and Archives Canada. 8 March 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2022. "These Are Special Times > Credits"....
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  • romantic composers, while folk and popular music have seen the rise of the chanson and cabaret style. The oldest playable musical recordings were made in...
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    techniques from sacred music, and vice versa. Popular secular forms such as the chanson and madrigal spread throughout Europe. Courts employed virtuoso performers...
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