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1. French Songs and French Videos Discover French songs and French music artists here. Listen to modern French Pop songs and French R&B, and watch music videos from some of today's most popular French musicians. Explore French pop singers and songwriters, alternative artists and mor...
2. Paris: A Week in the Latin Quarter In March 2009 I got to experience Paris & its Latin Quarter in a way I never had before. With our kids on a trip to California with my parents, my husband and I had a chance to do something special with his parents. We cashed in some frequent flyer m...
3. Daniel Lanois | Music Daniel Lanois is perhaps one of the most creative musicians of the last few decades. He maneuvers sound to serve atmospheres; his songs are aural pieces of film, etched with razor-sharp guitars. Paradoxically, he's better known as one of the mos...
4. Wonderful French Singers And French Songs I grew up listening to those wonderful songs that I am introducing to you today. How many evenings I spent dreaming of romance while listening to Aznavour's songs? He was my favorite singer at that time. I have quite an extended list of favorite sin...
5. Claude Debussy Claude Debussy (1862-1918) was a French Impressionist composer and critic. His major works included Clair de lune (Moonlight, in Suite bergamasque, 1890-1905), Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, 1894), the opera P...
6. French Electronic Music A brief look at the French electronic music scene artists and some of its most influent artists.
7. Diam's - French rapper Diam's is a young energetic French rapper with a lot of talent, lyrics and rhymes. You can enjoy her singing and rapping even if you cannot understand French. The topics she touches in her lyrics are the relationship with her father, political p...
8. Frederic Chopin Frédéric Chopin (1810-49) was a Polish composer and pianist in the Romantic period. He was born in Poland but spent most of his life (after 1831) in Paris, France. His works were mostly written for the piano, notably mazurkas, polonais...
9. Hector Berlioz Hector Berlioz (1803-69) was a French composer of the Romantic era. Some of his great works include the Symphonie fantastique (Fantastic Symphony), the concert opera, La Damnation de Faust (The Damnation of Faust), Harold en Italie (Harold in Italy)...
10. Georges Bizet Georges Bizet (1838-75) is was a French composer who is mostly known for his opera, Carmen, which is one of the most famous operas ever written. Bizet was born in Paris, France, in 1838. He studied at the Paris Conservatory of Music from the age of...
11. Edgard Varèse Edgard Varèse (1883–1965) was a French-American composer known for his experimental music and electronic music. His works included Hyperprism for wind and percussion (1923); Intégrales for wind and percussion (1925); Ionisation for...
12. Josquin des Prez Josquin des Prez (c.1440–1521) was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance. Josquin wrote both sacred and secular music. His works included all of the significant vocal forms of the age, which included masses, motets, chansons and instrum...
13. Jean-Baptiste Lully Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-87) was a French composer of Italian birth. He became court composer Louis XIV, king of France. While at the French royal court, Lully pioneered the introduction of opera to France. In the period 1658-70, Lully composed b...
14. Gilles Binchois Gilles Binchois (c.1400–1460) was a Franco-Flemish composer. He was one of the most famous composers of the early 15th century. Binchois wrote secular songs (chansons, rondeaux) of love and chivalry for the court of Burgundy (a part of modern-...
15. Gabriel Fauré Gabriel Faure (1845-1924) was a French composer (chiefly of piano pieces and songs), an organist and choirmaster, and a teacher of piano and composition. His songs included Apres un reve and Les Roses d'Ispahan, and his song cycles included La Bonne...
16. Jules Massenet Jules Massenet (1842-1912) was a French composer and teacher at the Paris Conservatoire. He is best known for his lyrical operas, such as Manon (1884), Werther (1892), Thais (1894), Cendrillon [Cinderella] (1899), Le jongleur de Notre-Dame [The Jugg...
17. Miss Kittin - Electronica with a Feline Twist Grenoble born Caroline Hervé aka Miss Kittin, has over the past years become one of the most inspiring DJs and voices to emerge within the electronic music scene. Her vocal collaborations have produced seminal moments of dancefloor heaven. Alo...
18. Maurice Ravel Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) was a great French composer of Impressionistic music. His works included piano compositions such as Pavane pour une infante défunte (Pavane for a Dead Infanta), Jeux d’eau (Fountains), Gaspard de la nuit (Gaspar...
19. Édouard Lalo Edouard Lalo (1823–92) was a French composer. His works included the opera, Le Roi d'Ys (The King of Ys) (1888), the Symphonie espagnole (Spanish Symphony) for violin and orchestra (1875), the Cello Concerto in D minor (1876), and the ballet, N...
20. Guillaume Dufay Guillaume Dufay (c. 1400 - 1474) was a Franco-Flemish composer and music theorist of the early Renaissance. He was the most famous and influential composer in Europe in the mid-15th century. His works, according to Wapedia, included: (in the area of...