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"Song of Bernadette" is a song written by Jennifer Warnes, Leonard Cohen and Bill Elliott, and first recorded on Jennifer Warnes' 1986 album Famous Blue Raincoat. The title refers to Bernadette Soubirous , a young French girl in the mid-19th century who claimed to have seen the Virgin Mary on several occasions.
The Song of Bernadette is a 1943 American biographical drama film based on the 1941 novel of the same name by Franz Werfel.It stars Jennifer Jones in the title role, which portrays the story of Bernadette Soubirous, who reportedly experienced eighteen visions of the Blessed Virgin Mary from February to July 1858 and was canonized in 1933.
The Song of Bernadette (German: Das Lied von Bernadette) is a 1941 novel that tells the story of Saint Bernadette Soubirous, who, from February to July 1858 reported eighteen visions of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lourdes, France. The novel was written by Franz Werfel and translated into English by Lewis Lewisohn in 1942. [1]
The song is notable for its false ending, where the instruments drop out and the background singers hold a chord. Lead singer Levi Stubbs then shouts "Bernadette!" and the song resumes, ending in a fade-out. Critic Maury Dean described the effectiveness of Stubb's shout of "Bernadette!" as being the key ingredient in getting listeners to buy ...
The Song of Bernadette may refer to: The Song of Bernadette, a 1941 novel by Franz Werfel; The Song of Bernadette, a 1943 adaptation of Werfel's novel, by Henry King; The Song of Bernadette, an upcoming 2023 musical adaptation of Werfel's novel "Song of Bernadette" (song), by Jennifer Warnes, 1986
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"The Village of St. Bernadette" was written at the end of a week long visit to the Occitania town of Lourdes, site of the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes commemorating the 1858 visions of Bernadette Soubirous. "I wrote the song on the back of an airmail letter," Parker said, "while... waiting [at Tarbes–Lourdes–Pyrénées Airport] for [the ...
Song of Bernadette and Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing are original scores, the latter with extensive use of a theme song by Sammy Fain. The other films are musical adaptations, a field in which Newman reigned supreme.