Sentence examples for the chanson from inspiring English sources
noun
Any song with French words, but more specifically classic, lyric-driven French songs.
The chanson for vocal ensemble had several antecedents.
That was Verlaine's job, with the Chanson d'Automne.
The chanson travelled to Italy about 1525, became known as canzona, and was transcribed for organ.
The chanson before 1500 is preserved mostly in large manuscript collections called chansonniers.
Compositions with no repetition within the stanza include the vers and the chanson.
His music draws on percussive 1990s electronica, rap and hip-hop, Congolese rumba, salsa and the chanson française genre.
Typically, the chanson is dominated by the vocal top part, in which the melodic interest is greatest.
The chanson consists of two principal sections of music, with no text repetition except as required by the poetic structure.
French singer and actress Edith Piaf, whose interpretation of the chanson (French ballad) made her internationally famous, was born.
A few years later, the French army band began to play in public the Chanson de Craonne.
Or Didion can insist melodramatically that the dead are forewarned, "like Gawain in the Chanson de Roland" (her italics).
