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In 1966 there were already over 100 different recordings of "La Mer", and it was considered to be France's best-selling song, together with Édith Piaf's "La Vie en rose". [4] By the time of Trenet's death in 2001, there were more than 4,000 different recordings of it, [5] [6] with over 70 million copies sold in total. [7]
Portrait of Victor Cousin by Gustave Le Gray (1855-1860). In 1843, Victor Cousin research led him to the Bibliothèque royale, [Note 1] where he discovered what he believed to be the collection of the abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, [4] [5] [Note 2] an in-quarto manuscript collection dated from the seventeenth century, [Note 3] the contents of which read "Discours sur les passions de l'amour ...
The Poème de l'amour et de la mer (literally, Poem of Love and the Sea), Op. 19, is a song cycle for voice and orchestra by Ernest Chausson. It was composed over an extended period between 1882 and 1892 and dedicated to Henri Duparc. Chausson would write another major work in the same genre, the Chanson perpétuelle, in 1898.
" Plaisir d'amour" ([plɛ.ziʁ da.muʁ], "Pleasure of love") is a classical French love song written in 1784 by Jean-Paul-Égide Martini (1741–1816); it took its text from a poem by Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian (1755–1794), which appears in his novel Célestine. The song was greatly successful in Martini's version.
"À la claire fontaine" (French: [a la klɛʁ(ə) fɔ̃tɛn]; lit. ' By the clear fountain ' ) is a traditional French song, which has also become very popular in Belgium and in Canada , particularly in Quebec and the Maritime provinces of New Brunswick , Nova Scotia , and Prince Edward Island .
In the superfinal, the winner, "L'amour à la française" performed by les Fatals Picards, was determined by the public and jury vote. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] The winning song was performed using Franglais , a mixture of French and English, and according to the songwriters meant to combine French romance and punk for beginners.
Aubret returned to the contest in 1968, again representing France, singing "La source", placing third with 20 points, behind winner "La, la, la" by Massiel and runner-up "Congratulations" by Cliff Richard. [6] She performed "Un premier amour" in the Eurovision twenty-fifth anniversary show Songs of Europe held on 22 August 1981 in Mysen. [7]
"Chanson D'Amour" (French for 'Love Song'; pronounced [ʃɑ̃sɔ̃ damuʁ]) is a popular song written by Wayne Shanklin. A 1977 recording by the Manhattan Transfer was an international hit, reaching number one on the UK Singles Chart .