'"Chantez la vie, l'amour, et la mort": the French 'chanson' in context'

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• Henri Schmitt, Wolfson College
• Wednesday 31 May 2017, 13:00-14:00
• Combination Room, Wolfson College.

If you have a question about this talk, please contact Graham Allen.

This talk is open to the public and may be podcast

This talk will concentrate on French songs with their links to politics and their social and historical context. These songs are rarely played by mainstream broadcasters, victims of censorship because of the sensitive issues they cover. I will use some examples from the past and then concentrate on the middle of the twentieth-century up to the present day, focusing on song lyrics and their authors.

This talk is part of the Wolfson College Lunchtime Seminar Series - Wednesdays of Full Term series.

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• Combination Room, Wolfson College
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