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La Vie en rose" was the song that made Piaf internationally famous, its lyrics expressing the joy of finding true love and appealing to those who had endured the hardships of World War II. [8] "La Vie en rose" was released on a 10-inch single in 1947 by Columbia Records, a division of EMI, with "Un refrain courait dans la rue" making the B-side.
Hymne à l'amour. " Hymne à l'amour " (French pronunciation: [imn a lamuʁ]), or Hymn to Love, is a 1949 French song with lyrics by Édith Piaf and music by Marguerite Monnot. It was first sung by Piaf that year and recorded by her in the 1950s for Columbia records. Piaf sang it in the 1951 French musical comedy film Paris chante toujours ...
Charles Dumont. Lyricist (s) Michel Vaucaire. " Non, je ne regrette rien " (pronounced [nɔ̃ ʒə nə ʁəɡʁɛt ʁjɛ̃]; transl. "No, I do not regret anything") is a French song composed in 1956 by Charles Dumont, with lyrics by Michel Vaucaire. Édith Piaf 's 1960 recording spent seven weeks atop the French Singles & Airplay Reviews chart. [1]
"Voir la vie en rose" means "to see life through rose–tinted glasses", while "rose bonbon" refers to the lurid pink colouring used in children's sweets. So the entire phrase as found in the lyrics – "Je vois la vie en rose bonbon" — can be translated as something like, "I see life through pink candy–coloured glasses". [16]
La Vie en Rose (2007), directed by Olivier Dahan, starring Marion Cotillard who won an Academy Award for Best Actress; The Sparrow and the Birdman (2010), by Raquel Bitton; Edith Piaf Alive (2011), by Flo Ankah; Piaf, voz y delirio (2017), by Leonardo Padrón. Documentaries about Piaf's life include: Édith Piaf: A Passionate Life (24 May 2004)
Depuis Toujours". " La Mer " ("The Sea") is a song by the French composer, lyricist, singer and showman Charles Trenet. The song was first recorded by the French singer Roland Gerbeau in 1945. When Trenet's version was released in 1946, it became an unexpected hit and has remained a chanson classic and jazz standard ever since.
"Fascination" was sung in the 2007 French film La Vie en rose (La Môme), by Maya Barsony, and is featured on the soundtrack. The first episode of the HBO series Boardwalk Empire featured an instrumental version of "Fascination". Frequently throughout the soundtrack of the 1942 film Le Mariage de Chiffon, directed by Claude Autant-Lara.
See media help. The "Flower Duet" is a duet for soprano and mezzo-soprano in the first act of the tragic opera Lakmé, premiered in Paris in 1883 and composed by Léo Delibes. It is sung by the characters Lakmé, daughter of a Brahmin priest, and her servant Mallika, as they go to gather flowers by a river. [1]