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French music history dates back to organum in the 10th century, followed by the Notre Dame School, an organum composition style. Troubadour songs of chivalry and courtly love were composed in the Occitan language between the 10th and 13th centuries, and the Trouvère poet-composers flourished in Northern France during this period.
Will Currie & The Country French was originally conceived in early 2006 as a few songs were written in a small glass room in the basement of the Music Faculty at Wilfrid Laurier University. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Currie later assembled a small troupe of fellow music students to form a piano pop band.
Music of France, music of the French people in France; French music may also refer to the music of French-speaking countries: Music of Quebec, music of the French-Canadians in Canada, most often Québécois or Acadians; Music of Belgium; Music of Switzerland; Music of Monaco; Music of Luxembourg; French styles of music may refer ta: French ...
Rappadoc is a modern style of this music inspired by the jongleurs and troubadours of the region's history, using various lyrical styles in a satirical and topical performance. Modern traditionally-styled bands from Gascony include Verd e Blu and Joan Francés Tisnèr .
The English word cotillion is a variation of the French cotillon (which does not have i in the last syllable). [1] In English, it is pronounced / k ə ˈ t ɪ l j ə n / or / k oʊ ˈ t ɪ l j ə n /; but in French, it is . The French word originally meant "petticoat (underskirt)" and is derived from Old French cote (‘cotte’) and the ...
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Réginald Charles Gagnon was born in Moncton, New Brunswick on 7 January 1949. [1] [2] When he was 13 years old, Gagnon moved with his mother to the suburbs of Boston, Massachusetts. [3]
' French song ') is generally any lyric-driven French song. The term is most commonly used in English to refer either to the secular polyphonic French songs of late medieval and Renaissance music or to a specific style of French pop music which emerged in the 1950s and 1960s.