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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
There’s no equivalent of Broadway in Paris, and thus no long tradition of musicals done on stage, so many of the French movies are set in actual locations, with seemingly real people who suddenly decide to belt out a chanson or break into a dance number.
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Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 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
Nueva Canción draws inspiration from French chanson.
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Daniella Tello-Garzon,
refinery29.com,
18 Jan. 2024
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
13 Feb. 2026
There are intoxicating traces of chanson, jazz, chamber pop, and folk.
—
Pitchfork,
2 Dec. 2025
There’s no equivalent of Broadway in Paris, and thus no long tradition of musicals done on stage, so many of the French movies are set in actual locations, with seemingly real people who suddenly decide to belt out a chanson or break into a dance number.
—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 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
Nueva Canción draws inspiration from French chanson.
—
Daniella Tello-Garzon,
refinery29.com,
18 Jan. 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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That realization led him to a collection of honky-tonk stompers, highway ballads and intimate character studies.
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The slow-burn thriller is partially based on a 17th century ballad in which the heroic outlaw’s cousin, a malevolent prioress, bleeds the older, ailing Robin to death under the guise of the ancient medical treatment known as bloodletting.
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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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The team had a chant, Washington remembered.
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The visitors adapted to each child — favorite teams, favorite sports, favorite players — at one point breaking into an enthusiastic chant for the New York Knicks, drawing cheers from kids and parents alike.
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Mom of three and AD contributor Vy Yang can attest that this durable rocker remains a favorite cozy seat in the home well into the preschool years.
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The Endeavour Canovas have a rocker sole that’s especially good for absorbing shock and redistributing pressure.
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Fundstrat Global Advisors' Tom Lee has joined a growing chorus of Wall Street bulls forecasting the S & P 500 will end the year at 8,000.
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The chorus rises into a falsetto that can carry urgency, comfort, and humor before a listener understands a single word.
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“Chanson.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chanson. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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