Post-War French Popular Music - Cultural Identity and the Brel-Brassens-Ferre Myth

Zusatztext 'Persuasive and revealing... ' French Studies Informationen zum Autor Adeline Cordier studied at the Universities of Bordeaux, France and Stirling, Scotland. She is the author of various studies of French chanson and cultural identity. She is now an independent researcher and works on the representation of women and gender relations in post-war France through the work of female singer-songwriters. Klappentext Jacques Brel, Georges Brassens and Léo Ferré are three emblematic figures of post-war French popular music who have been constantly associated with each other by the public and the media. They have been described as the epitome of chanson, and of 'Frenchness'. But there is more to the trio than a musical trinity: this study examines the factors of cultural and national identity that have held together the myth of the trio since its creation. Zusammenfassung Jacques Brel, Georges Brassens and Leo Ferre are three emblematic figures of post-war French popular music who have been constantly associated with each other by the public and the media. They have been described as the epitome of chanson, and of 'Frenchness'. But there is more to the trio than a musical trinity. Inhaltsverzeichnis Post-War French Popular Music: Cultural Identity and the Brel-Brassens-Ferré Myth

Product details

• Authors: Adeline Cordier, Cordier Adeline
• Publisher: ASHGATE PUB CO
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.08.2014
• EAN: 9781409426066
• ISBN: 978-1-4094-2606-6
• No. of pages: 188
• Series: Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series; Ashgate Popular and Folk Music; Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; France, Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / General, MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician, Easy listening, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Popular Music, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Composers and songwriters, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), Popular music, easy listening