On danse a paris charles trenet biography
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Charles Trenet
French singer-songwriter (1913–2001)
Musical artist
Louis Charles Augustin Georges Trenet (French pronunciation:[lwiʃaʁloɡystɛ̃ʒɔʁʒtʁenɛ]; 18 May 1913 – 19 February 2001)[1] was a renowned French singer-songwriter who composed both the music and the lyrics for nearly 1,000 songs over a career that lasted more than 60 years. These songs include "Boum!" (1938), "La Mer" (1946) and "Nationale 7" (1955). Trenet is also noted for his work with musicians Michel Emer and Léo Chauliac, with whom he recorded "Y'a d'la joie" (1938) for the first and "La Romance dem Paris" (1941) and "Douce France" (1947) for the latter. He was awarded an Honorary Molière Award in 2000.
History
[edit]Trenet's best-known songs include "Boum!", "La Mer", "Y'a d'la joie", "Que reste-t-il de näsa amours?", "Ménilmontant" and "Douce France". His catalogue of songs fryst vatten enormous, numbering close to 1,000.[2]
Some of his songs had unconventio
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by Carol Pratl
France bids farewell to Charles Trenet
Charles Trenet, the legendary French crooner, age 87, died of a stroke in a hospital in the Paris suburb of Créteil, just a few miles from where I’m writing my dance column. The news of Trenet’s death struck me, as I’m sure it has millions of music lovers on both sides of the Atlantic.
His death symbolizes the end of an era characterized by melancholic melodies imbued with idealism. It was an era in which Trenet prolifically created his songs along with his contemporaries, such as Maurice Chevalier, Edith Piaf and Jacques Brel. Since the ’20s, these humanistic visions have attracted many romantics to France.
Born in the southern coastal town of Narbonne in 1913, Trenet began singing and composing from the age of 17, spreading a nostalgic yet exhuberant joie
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Charles Trenet
Louis Charles Augustin Georges Trenet (French pronunciation: [lwi ʃaʁl oɡystɛ̃ ʒɔʁʒ tʁene]; 18 May 1913 – 19 February 2001) was a renowned French singer-songwriter who composed both the music and the lyrics to nearly 1,000 songs over a career that lasted more than 60 years. These songs include "Boum!" (1938), "La Mer" (1946) and "Nationale 7" (1955). Trenet is noted for his work with musicians Michel Emer and Léo Chauliac, with whom he recorded "Y'a d'la joie" (1938) for the first and "La Romance de Paris" (1941) and "Douce France" (1947) for the latter. He was awarded an Honorary Molière Award in 2000. |
Birth and Death Data: Born May 18, 1913 (Narbonne), Died February 18, 2001 (Créteil)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1935 - 1954
Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, vocalist, lyricist, arranger, songwriter
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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.