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Gaston Paris was born under the July Monarchy at Avenay (), the son of Paulin Paris, an important French scholar of medieval French literature.In his childhood, Gaston learned to appreciate Old French romances as poems and stories, and this early impulse for the study of Romance literature was placed on a solid basis by courses of study at the University of Bonn (1856), in the German ...
"April in Paris" is a popular song composed by Vernon Duke with lyrics by Yip Harburg in 1932 for the Broadway musical Walk a Little Faster. The original 1933 hit was performed by Freddy Martin , and the 1952 remake (inspired by the movie of the same name ) was by the Sauter-Finegan Orchestra , whose version made the Cashbox Top 50.
"The Downfall of Paris" is a British traditional tune. [1] It dates back to the Napoleonic Wars , and became a popular marching song amongst British troops fighting in the Peninsular War . Its tune is partly a reworking of the French song " Ça Ira ". [ 2 ]
The Massacre at Paris is an Elizabethan play by the English dramatist Christopher Marlowe (1593) and a Restoration drama by Nathaniel Lee (1689), the latter chiefly remembered for a song by Henry Purcell. Both concern the Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre, which took place in Paris in 1572, and the part played by the Duc de Guise in those events.
In 1432 and 1434, further attempts were made to open the gates of Paris to the forces of Charles VII, but were prevented by Parisians. After the Duke of Burgundy had withdrawn his support for the English as a result of the Treaty of Arras (1435) , on 13 April 1436 the Parisians opened the city gates to Jean de Dunois and Arthur de Richemont .
O French people, people of heroes, Freedom reopens its arms; We were told, "be slaves!" We said, "be soldiers!" Suddenly Paris in its memory Has found its cry of glory: Refrain: 𝄆 Forward, let's march Against the cannons; Across the iron, the fire of battalions, Let's hurry to victory. 𝄇 II Close thy ranks, let's support each other!
The Fall of Paris: The Siege and the Commune, 1870–1871, is a 1965 history of the Paris Commune written by Alistair Horne and published by St. Martin's Press.. Horne paired rewritten chapters from The Fall of Paris with illustrations of the Commune for The Terrible Year: The Paris Commune, 1871, a coffee table book published by Viking Press for the Commune's centennial in 1971.
The song catered to a wartime nostalgia for songs about European cities following the Second World War Battle of France (which brought Paris under Nazi control), with "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" also proving popular. [2] The song had not been written for the film, and Hammerstein said the song was "not written to order".