Examples of chanson in a Sentence
Spin Staff, SPIN, 5 June 2023
The opening reminds me of the essential French genre the chanson, which people associate with someone like Edith Piaf.
—Charlie Harding, Vulture, 5 May 2023
Mélusine, Cécile McLorin Salvant’s new album (released on March 24th), is half-French chanson/half-idiosyncratic art song that, when taken as a whole, reveals itself to be a creature of soaring majesty as well.
—Steve Hochman, SPIN, 28 Mar. 2023
The two released the 1985 album Our Garden Needs Its Flowers, a sublime collection of acoustic folk music with shades of African pop and French chanson.
—Jon Freeman, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2023
Meow Meow has performed around the world and is particularly known for her interpretations of the Weimar repertoire and French chanson.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Jan. 2022
Her song dusts off the French chanson, recalling singers like Edith Piaf and Serge Gainsbourg.
—New York Times, 23 May 2021
Écoutez dès maintenant les 3 nouvelles chansons de Céline : Imperfections, Lying Down et Courage.
—Lisa Respers France, CNN, 18 Sep. 2019
Solidor’s songbook drew from the then-popular genre of tragic seafaring chansons.
—Elisabeth Vincentelli, New York Times, 13 June 2018
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Word History
French, from Latin cantion-, cantio, from canere
circa 1513, in the meaning defined above
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“Chanson.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chanson. Accessed 29 Nov. 2023.
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