The song is well-known lullaby in French-speaking areas of Europe, Canada, and Haiti, as well as in the Cajun areas…
A nursery rhyme of French origin. Frere Jacques has overslept and is being urged to wake up and sound the…
The History of “Choucoune” The poem Choucoune was written in 1883 by Oswald Durand (1840-1906), who in addition to his…
A folk song believed to have been sung in France before the 17th century. It is highly popular and well-known…
A popular children’s song in French with a repetitive melody. It is most likely that it is French-Canadian in origin…
A popular “chanson” which appeared during the Franco-Dutch War (1672-78). The singer is a young woman lamenting that her husband…
A song by French composer and singer, Charles Trenet, who recorded it in 1946. It has remained a “chanson classic”…
Written by Jean Lenoir in 1930, and translated into “Speak To Me of Love” by Bruce Sievier. Lucienne Boyer was…
This beautiful song is much, much older than I thought. In fact, it’s a classical French love song written in…
From the “The Tales of Hoffmann”, Jacques Offenbach’s final opera, “Belle nuit, o nuit d’amour” is often called simply “Barcarolle”.…