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During the 17th century, the air de cour, chanson pour boire and other like genres, generally accompanied by lute or keyboard, flourished, with contributions by such composers as Antoine Boesset, Denis Gaultier, Michel Lambert and Michel-Richard de Lalande. This still affects today's chanson as many French musicians still employ harp and keyboard.
On 28 April 1956, "Refrains" [a] was one of the five songs with which Lys Assia competed in the Grand Prix Européen de la Chanson: Finale suisse, the eleven-song national final organized by the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR) to select its two songs and performers for the first edition of the Eurovision Song Contest.
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 Battle of Roncevaux Pass in AD 778, during the reign of the Emperor Charlemagne. It is the oldest surviving major work of French literature.
A rondeau (French:; plural: rondeaux) is a form of medieval and Renaissance French poetry, as well as the corresponding musical chanson form. Together with the ballade and the virelai it was considered one of three formes fixes, and one of the verse forms in France most commonly set to music between the late 13th and the 15th centuries.
Slightly more recent versions often contain one of a group of related refrains: "Sober and grave grows merry in time" "Every rose grows merry with time" "There's never a rose grows fairer with time" "Whilst every grove rings with a merry antine" [note 1] [7] These are usually paired with "Once (s)he was a true love of mine" or some variant.
The Toreador Song, also known as the Toreador March or March of the Toreadors, is the popular name for the aria " Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre" ("I return your toast to you"), from the French opera Carmen, composed by Georges Bizet to a libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy.
The words and music appear together in Recreations de l'enfance: Recueil de Rondes avec Jeux et de Petites Chansons pour Faire Jouer, Danser et Chanter les Enfants avec un Accompagnement de Piano Très-Facile by Charles Lebouc, which was first published in 1860 by Rouart, Lerolle & Cie. in Paris. This book was very popular and was republished ...
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