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Belle Epoque (also referenced in some sources as La Belle Epoque; French for "(the) beautiful past") was the name of a female vocal trio, based in Paris, France.The group first rose to popularity during the late 1970s with a disco remake of the song "Black Is Black", originally a hit in 1966 for the Spanish group Los Bravos.
Dawn of the Belle Époque: The Paris of Monet, Zola, Bernhardt, Eiffel, Debussy, Clemenceau, and Their Friends (Rowman & Littlefield, 2011). McAuliffe, Mary. Twilight of the Belle Epoque: The Paris of Picasso, Stravinsky, Proust, Renault, Marie Curie, Gertrude Stein, and Their Friends Through the Great War (Rowman & Littlefield, 2014) online.
Jules Massenet (1842–1912) Arguably the most representative French opera composer of his era (the Belle Époque), Massenet was a prolific and versatile writer whose works cover a wide variety of themes. [45] His popularity faded somewhat after the First World War, but Werther and Manon still make regular appearances in the opera house. [46]
Emma Calvé, born Rosa Emma Calvet (15 August 1858 – 6 January 1942) was a French operatic dramatic soprano.. Calvé was probably the most famous French female opera singer of the Belle Époque.
The first Café-chantant was established in 1789 on the Champs-Élysées — (ink drawing from the collection of Hippolyte Destailleur). Café chantant (French pronunciation: [kafe ʃɑ̃tɑ̃]; French: lit. 'singing café'), café-concert, or caf’conc is a type of musical establishment associated with the Belle Époque in France. [1]
Music Hall, Britain's first form of commercial mass entertainment, emerged, broadly speaking, in the mid-19th century, and ended (arguably) after the First World War, when the halls rebranded their entertainment as Variety. [1]
Miss Broadway is the debut album by the female trio Belle Epoque, released in 1977. The album includes a disco version of Los Bravos ' 1966 hit " Black Is Black ". The second side of the album is a disco medley , in which "Black Is Black" itself appears three times.
Belle Epoque (band), a European disco music group popular in the mid to late 1970s; La Belle Époque, a 2019 French film directed by Nicolas Bedos; La Belle Epoque, a 1930 luxury barge "La Belle Epoque" (song), a 2014 song by Swedish rock band Kent; La Belle Epoque, album by Orchestra Baobab; Belle Epoque, an album by Mose Se 'Fan Fan'