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Félix-Alexandre Guilmant (French pronunciation: [feliks alɛksɑ̃dʁ ɡilmɑ̃]; 12 March 1837 – 29 March 1911) was a French organist and composer.He was the organist of La Trinité from 1871 until 1901.
One of the most famous French-speaking Asian artists is Anggun, a French-naturalised singer from Indonesia, best known for her single La Neige au Sahara (Snow on the Sahara) written by Erick Benzi. The song was released in 1997 as her debut international single in 33 countries worldwide, and made the charts in Europe (#1 in Italy), America (#16 ...
The term tonalité (tonality) was first used in 1810 by Alexandre Choron in the preface Sommaire de l'histoire de la musique [26] to the Dictionnaire historique des musiciens artistes et amateurs (which he published in collaboration with François-Joseph-Marie Fayolle) to describe the arrangement of the dominant and subdominant above and below ...
The Sonatine for Flute and Piano is one of a series of four test pieces for the Paris Conservatoire that Dutilleux wrote between 1942 and 1951. They were commissioned by then-director Claude Delvincourt.
Mon château c'est la lagune, Mon jardin c'est le Lido. Mon rideau le clair de lune. Gondolier du grand canal, Pour fanal j'ai la croisée Où s'allument tous les soirs, Tes yeux noirs, mon épousée. Ma gondole est aux heureux, Deux à deux je la promène, Et les vents légers et frais Sont discret sur mon domaine. J'ai passé dans les amours,
Satie composed the Trois morceaux en forme de poire in Paris between August and November 1903, during a period of creative crisis. He was unhappy earning a meager living writing and performing cabaret music, and had abandoned his recent "serious" musical projects - the piano piece Le poisson rêveur (1901) and the orchestral tone poem Le Bœuf Angora (c. 1901) - as failures. [2]
In France, "C'est la ouate" debuted at number 37 on 20 December 1986 and hit number five in its eighth week. It totaled six weeks in the top ten and 18 weeks on the chart (top 50). [12] In Austria, it charted for two weeks at number 30 on 1 October 1987. [13] It reached number one in Italy and number three in Spain, and number ten in Germany.
Francis Christian Cabrel (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃sis kʁistjɑ̃ kabʁɛl]; born 23 November 1953) is a French singer-songwriter, composer and guitarist. [1] Considered one of the most influential French musical artists of all time, he has released a number of albums falling mostly within the realm of folk, with occasional forays into blues or country.