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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.
See media help. "Cc'è la luna n menzu ô mari" ( Sicilian for 'There's the moon amid the sea'), mostly known in the English-speaking world as " C'è la luna mezzo mare ", " Luna mezz'o mare " and other similar titles, is a comic Sicilian song with worldwide popularity, traditionally styled as a brisk 6. 8 tarantella.
Song. Language. Neapolitan. " Santa Lucia " ( Italian: [ˈsanta luˈtʃiːa], Neapolitan: [ˈsandə luˈʃiːə]) is a traditional Neapolitan song. It was translated by Teodoro Cottrau (1827–1879) into Italian and published by the Cottrau firm, as a barcarola, in Naples in 1849. Cottrau translated it from Neapolitan into Italian during the ...
Ave maris stella in a 14th-century antiphonary. " Ave maris stella " ( Latin for 'Hail, star of the sea') is a medieval Marian hymn, usually sung at Vespers. It was especially popular in the Middle Ages and has been used by many composers, as the basis of other compositions.
Devotions to this title of Mary are found in the popular Catholic hymn, Hail Queen of Heaven, the Ocean Star and the ancient prayer Ave Maris Stella. The widely sung "Sicilian Mariners Hymn", O Sanctissima, also reflects this devotion, as do Tamil hymns. Patronage
La mer was the second of Debussy's three orchestral works in three sections, the other being Nocturnes (1892–1899) and Images pour orchestre (1905–1912). The first, the Nocturnes, premiered in Paris in 1901 and though it had not made any great impact on the public, it was well-reviewed by musicians including Paul Dukas, Alfred Bruneau and Pierre de Bréville.
Le Boudin. " Le Boudin " ( French pronunciation: [lə budɛ̃] ), officially "Marche de la Légion Étrangère" (English "March of the Foreign Legion" ), is the official march of the Foreign Legion. "Le Boudin" is a reference to boudin, a type of blood sausage or black pudding. "Le boudin" colloquially meant the gear (rolled up in a blanket ...
Antônio Carlos Jobim. " Waters of March " ( Portuguese: "Águas de março" [ˈaɡwɐʒ dʒi ˈmaʁsu]) is a Brazilian song composed by Antônio Carlos Jobim (1927–1994) in 1972. Jobim wrote both the Portuguese and English lyrics. [1] The lyrics, originally written in Portuguese, do not tell a story, but rather present a series of images that ...