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    manufacturer Citroën from 1996 to 2003. It was sold in Japan as the Citroën Chanson, because Honda had registered the "Saxo" name. The Saxo was a badge engineered...
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    The Songs of Bilitis (/bɪˈliːtɪs/; French: Les Chansons de Bilitis) is a collection of erotic, essentially lesbian, poetry by Pierre Louÿs published in...
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    Francophonie. In 2016, she was awarded the Prix Goncourt for her novel Chanson douce. Slimani's maternal grandmother Anne Dhobb (née Ruetsch; 1921–2016)...
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  • writing in 1933, working on his own lyrics and poetry. He began working in chanson but success eluded him until he met Édith Piaf in 1935. The French chanteuse...
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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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  • outrageous scandal is the "best thing to happen in this town in all my life!" The second act opens as the first, with Denise reprising her "Chanson". The villagers...
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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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  • "Guillaume" on Wikipedia. Chanson de Guillaume, an 11th or 12th century poem Guillaume affair, a Cold War espionage scandal that led to the resignation...
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    Peyrefitte entitled The Exile of Capri (L'exilé de Capri). In 1903, a scandal involving school pupils made d'Adelswärd persona non grata in the salons...
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    Fauré wrote his Dolly Suite in the 1890s for Regina-Hélène and La bonne chanson for Emma. After her affair with Fauré, Emma was introduced to Debussy in...
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