French song
From Édith Piaf to Stromae: the vocabulary of music and a few big names of French song.
From Édith Piaf to Stromae: the vocabulary of music and a few big names of French song.
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Vocabulary for this lesson
- la chanson : song
- le chanteur / la chanteuse : singer (m./f.)
- les paroles : lyrics
- chanter : to sing
- la Fête de la musique : Music Day (21 June)
🇫🇷 A bit of French culture
"Chanson française" is a genre of its own, where lyrics matter as much as music. Édith Piaf (1915-1963), nicknamed "La Môme Piaf", remains the world's best-known French voice. Charles Aznavour was of Armenian descent and Stromae is Belgian : proof that French-language song reaches beyond France. Every 21 June, France celebrates the Fête de la Musique, created in 1982: musicians play for free in streets across the country.
