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Recent Examples of chanson
Above one entryway, a sword is lodged in the stone, said to have found its place there in the eighth century after being thrown more than 100 miles by Roland, the hero of the medieval chanson that bears his name.
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Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
13 Feb. 2026
There are intoxicating traces of chanson, jazz, chamber pop, and folk.
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Pitchfork,
2 Dec. 2025
Spectacular to look at, the production is unfailingly exuberant, a parade of color and catchy chanson.
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Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Nov. 2024
Audiard makes a case that the movie musical is the only genre that could have contained all this, enlisting nouvelle chanson artist Camille to write the songs and her partner Clément Ducol to compose the score.
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David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
18 May 2024
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
13 Feb. 2026
There are intoxicating traces of chanson, jazz, chamber pop, and folk.
—
Pitchfork,
2 Dec. 2025
Spectacular to look at, the production is unfailingly exuberant, a parade of color and catchy chanson.
—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Nov. 2024
Audiard makes a case that the movie musical is the only genre that could have contained all this, enlisting nouvelle chanson artist Camille to write the songs and her partner Clément Ducol to compose the score.
—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
18 May 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chanson
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The Spiritual Sound Marc-André Hamelin, Found Objects / Sound Objects The Beths, Straight Line Was a Lie A year like no other, my 2025 in music was filled with joyous arias and madrigals of melancholy.
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This is a lovely fundraiser to assist in the preservation of the cemetery, and the day is filled with master gardeners offering advice, madrigals singing, an archaeology talk, refreshments, kids’ activities and lots of lovely spring plants for sale.
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When the Black Queen’s message arrives in the Riverlands, the king consort, lil’ Oscar Tully, and their new pal Roddy the Ruin are busy reveling, making up ballads dedicated to their own derring-do.
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Within the flashy dance numbers and power ballads, American musicals often hold up a mirror to society.
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Latin polyphony and motets are being sung at the Offertory and during the distribution of Holy Communion.
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The service and concert will take place at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 5, at the church, 815 S. Washington St. Castle Singers are vocalists who perform a variety of chamber repertoire, varying from Renaissance madrigals and motets to contemporary pop and vocal jazz.
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Later, piano slices through the fog with a supernatural three-note lullaby that springs just off the beat, racing forward through the song’s misty backdrop.
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Check out this 1997 live TV version of Paranoid Android, which veers from lullaby to apocalypse within the space of a few minutes.
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Once the audience is so onboard with Kyle after this intimate aria, Kaplan deflates that.
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The pianist Víkingur Ólafsson played the aria from Bach’s Goldberg Variations, nodding to the fact that Gehry was born Ephraim Goldberg, in Canada.
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In the opening game of the World Cup, the infamous chant was pleasingly absent from the Azteca.
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At that, Paul and four of his friends launched into a singing chant.
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Each rocker is made from all-weather high- density polyethylene (HDPE) that withstands rain, snow, and wind and resists fading, cracking, and rot.
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An Ace Frehley All-Star Tribute will also take place, following the rocker's death at age 74 in October 2025, weeks after suffering a fall at his home.
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Foster effectively invented the idea of a professional songwriter; founded the American songbook and pioneered the now-standard verse-chorus structure; and inspired the intellectual-property law of music.
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Paired with bubbly disco grooves and chant-along choruses, the band became gay icons overnight.
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“Chanson.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chanson. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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