When it comes to classical music most people’s thoughts immediately jump to Germany or perhaps Russia. And although Beethoven, Bach, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov and Stravinsky certainly led the way in some respects, let’s not forget the in-depth influence that the great French composers had on proceedings. In fact, much of[…]
Read More »France is very proud of its culture, and its musical heritage is a large part of that culture. By law French radio stations are forced to play French language songs a minimum thirty five percent of their air time, and this has recently been reduced as it used to be[…]
Read More »French music has a great variety of types and styles, it has been influenced by many factors from all over the world including, Latin America, Africa, and Asia and through it all French musicians have created their own unique identity.
Read More »In part two of the greatest ever French Chanson songs we learned how passion, sex, love and seductiveness are such key elements in Chanson. Chanson is not all about romantic tales of the good times, it can also be graphic and outspoken. Our first song in this blog is called[…]
Read More »The French Chanson song or as we found out The French Song in part one of this blog is not just a style of French music. It is part of the total French culture, and if you can understand French Chanson then you have got a chance of understanding how[…]
Read More »What is French Chanson Music? And why is it so important to French culture? La chanson Francaise translates as the French song. And it is really any song that is sung in French, but it has come to mean a whole lot more than that. The romance of Paris and[…]
Read More »France has a very huge and varied dance tradition and almost every area of France has its own unique form of music and dances. The French are, by nature, extremely fond of music and dance, and are credited to have invented several world-famous dances.
Read More »The third and concluding part of our blog to discover the important French musical artists of modern times picks up with Zaz and Noir Desir. In the last blog we looked at an eclectic variety of musicians from African / Caribbean to hip-hop.
Read More »In part one of looking at the most famous French artists and singers there has ever been, we looked at three very different artists including one that was Belgian.
Read More »France has always been famous for romantic music both popular and classical, they have produced legendary emotional melodies and their composers, folk artists and cabarets evoke an emotion of a nation.
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