chanson

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Definition of chanson in English English dictionary: A religious song; Any song with French words, but more specifically classic, lyric-driven French songs; French for song; a song for one or two vocal lines and sometimes instrumental acompaniment; A (French) song or instrumental composition with a melodramatic character; A song, usually secular This term is usually applied to works composed during the Medieval and Renaissance periods, though many twentieth-century composers have also applied the term to their own works; (French; "song") French art song. The unaccompanied chanson for a single voice part, composed by the troubadours and later the trouvères, first appeared in the 12th century. Accompanied chansons, with parts for one or more instruments, were written in the 14th-15th centuries by Guillaume de Machaut and others in the strict formes fixes ("fixed forms"). About 1,500 chansons for several voices began to be written by Josquin des Prez and his contemporaries. In recent centuries the term has often been used for any cabaret-style French song. chanson de geste Chanson de Roland Song Huizong Song of the Nibelungs song play Song of Roland vessel of song Song Hong Song dynasty Su Song Yi Song gye; {i} long poem that tells a story (French); A song; French word for "song"; a medieval lyric
Chanson de Roland: (English; "Song of Roland") Old French epic poem written 1100, the masterpiece and probably the earliest of the chanson de geste form. Its probable author was a Norman, Turold (Turoldus), whose name is introduced in its last line. It deals with the Battle of Roncesvalles (778), a skirmish against the Basques that the poem portrays as a heroic battle against the Saracens. Direct and sober in style, it highlights a clash between the recklessly courageous Roland and his prudent friend Oliver, which is also a conflict between divergent conceptions of feudal loyalty
chanson de geste: Old French epic poems
chanson de geste: Any Old French epic poem having for its subject events or exploits of early French history, real or legendary, and written originally in assonant verse of ten or twelve syllables
chanson de geste: Any of several Old French epic poems that form the core of the Charlemagne legends. More than 80 chansons de geste have survived in 12th-to 15th-century manuscripts. Dealing chiefly with events of the 8th-9th century, they contain a core of historical truth overlain with legend. Most are anonymous. The Chanson de Roland was the formative influence on later chansons de geste, which in turn influenced literature throughout Europe
chanson de geste: The most famous one is the Chanson de Roland
chansons: plural of chanson