Chansons pour rire et pour pleurer
Publisher: Editions de Cremille
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Geneva
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 251
Description: French popular songs and singers of La Belle Epoque, from the end of the Franco-Prussian War to the start of World War One.
This book, beautifully illustrated by line drawings, is part of the Cremille 'Les Savoir Faire Oublies' series and takes us on a journey from the days of the Caf' Conc' to the Music Hall, not only giving us a look at the lives of the some of the great popular performers of the time, such as Maurice Chevalier, Mistinguett, and Frehel, but sets out the words of many of great songs of that era such as 'Les temps des Cerises', 'Frou-Frou', 'La Valse Brune', and 'Le Denicheur'.
Table of contents: title: (English Translation of Section headings); title: Napoleon goes - Marianne enters; title: The Golden Age of the Caf' Conc'; title: Two stars in the firmament, Paulus and Theresa; title: Womanisers and saucy stories; title: From the 'Internationale' to the 'Marseillaise' of the bakers' boys; title: At Montmartre in the evening; title: Waltzes and the like in the Belle Epoque; title: Foolish virgins and wise virgins; title: Bibliography; title: List of songs