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Hymne à l'amour ( French pronunciation: [imn a lamuʁ] ), or Hymn to Love, is a 1949 French song with words 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 ( Paris still sings ).
La Vie en rose. "La Vie en rose" ( French for 'Life in pink'; pronounced [la vi ɑ̃ ʁoz]) is the signature song of popular French singer Édith Piaf, written in 1945, [ 1] popularized in 1946, and released as a single in 1947. The song became very popular in the United States in 1950, when seven versions reached the Billboard charts.
Édith Piaf (born Édith Giovanna Gassion; 19 December 1915 – 10 October 1963) (French pronunciation: [edit pjaf]) was a French singer best known for performing songs in the cabaret and modern chanson genres. She is widely regarded as France's greatest popular singer and one of the most celebrated performers of the 20th century.
La Vie en Rose (literally Life in pink, French pronunciation: [la vi ɑ̃ ʁoz]; [ note 1] French: La Môme) [ note 2][ 7] is a 2007 biographical musical film about the life of French singer Édith Piaf, co-written and directed by Olivier Dahan, and starring Marion Cotillard as Piaf. The UK and US title La Vie en Rose comes from Piaf's ...
French. Released. 1960. Composer (s) Charles Dumont. Lyricist (s) Michel Vaucaire. " Non, je ne regrette rien " ( pronounced [nɔ̃ ʒə nə ʁəɡʁɛt ʁjɛ̃] '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 ...
A mondegreen (/ ˈ m ɒ n d ɪ ˌ ɡ r iː n /) is a mishearing or misinterpretation of a phrase in a way that gives it a new meaning. [1] Mondegreens are most often created by a person listening to a poem or a song; the listener, being unable to hear a lyric clearly, substitutes words that sound similar and make some kind of sense.
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 ]
The song was covered, among others, by Tony Martin, [9] [10] Mireille Mathieu, Michael Heltau, Chimène Badi, Patricia Kaas and Ann Christy.Another cover in 1988 was sung together by members of Italian bands Litfiba, Violet Eves, and Moda.