Post-War French Popular Music: Cultural Identity and the Brel-Brassens-Ferré Myth

By Adeline Cordier

Book Overview

Jacques Brel, Georges Brassens and L o Ferr are three emblematic figures of post-war French popular music who have been constantly associated with each other by the public and the media. They have been described as the epitome of chanson, and of 'Frenchness'. But there is more to the trio than a musical trinity: this study examines the factors of cultural and national identity that have held together the myth of the trio since its creation.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1409426068
• ISBN13: 9781409426066
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"