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  CMT.com : Georges Brassens : Biography
Georges Brassens was born in the small Mediterranean town of Sète, France, on October 22, 1921.
Brassens soon spent his free time writing poetry and song lyrics, the latter of which he typically set to popular melodies of the time.
Brassens was an immediate hit on the cabaret circuit with both audiences and critics, and with Patachou's help, he met Polydor exec Jacques Canetti, and landed a record deal.
www.cmt.com /artists/az/brassens_georges/bio.jhtml   (1237 words)

  
 Georges Brassens: english version
Brassens' music evolved in an environment completely separate from that which we are used to, so sounds alien and familiar simultaneously.
Georges Brassens was a lifelong anarchist, and his songs express a lively antiauthoritarian spirit, even if most of them are about the simple pains and pleasures of life rather than about specifically political topics.
Analyse Brassens invites visitors to contribute their own analyses of Brassens' use of language in his songs.
www.projetbrassens.eclipse.co.uk /pages/georgesbrassens.html   (1941 words)

  
 Brassens Georges Brassens Amis de Georges Actualites Spectacles Festivals
Votre adhésion aux Amis de Georges est un des vecteurs principaux de la qualité et du respect de l’esprit de notre revue sur Georges Brassens.
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Les ADG vous proposent en exclusivité 2 magnifiques affiches Georges Brassens.
www.lesamisdegeorges.com   (740 words)

  
 Tauchmann singt Brassens
Georges Brassens -- übersetzt und gesungen von Ralf Tauchmann
Während Georges Brassens in Frankreich nicht wegzudenken ist, ist er in Deutschland nur wenig bekannt.
Diese Schlüsselstellung der Sprache ist der Ansatzpunkt für die im Laufe von etwa 25 Jahren entstandenen und vom Übersetzer selbst vorgetragenen über 110 deutschen Übertragungen.
brassens.ratau.de   (72 words)

  
  Georges Brassens - Fluctuat.net
Ces années 50 permettent à Brassens d'accéder au succès.
En traversant ces épreuves, Brassens perd du poids.
Brassens considère la chanson comme un équilibre entre le texte et la musique et pense à raison que c’est un don qu’il possède, que de placer un mot sur une note.
musique.fluctuat.net /georges-brassens.html   (1634 words)

  
  Georges BRASSENS : Biographie de Georges BRASSENS - JeSuisMort.com
Georges Brassens observe les événements politico-sociaux de mai 1968 avec une certaine admiration et un certain bonheur, bien qu'il soit à ce moment-là cloué sur un lit d'hôpital, souffrant une fois de plus de ces douloureuses coliques néphrétiques.
Affaibli par ses problèmes de santé, Georges Brassens a beaucoup vieilli durant ces dernières années et les concerts répétés deviennent fort fatigants pour le chanteur qui n'a pourtant que 51 ans.
Georges Brassens, amateur de jazz depuis sa jeunesse, accompagne donc sur ce disque plusieurs jazzmen américains qui interprètent entre autres "Chanson pour l'Auvergnat", "le Pornographe", "la Chasse aux papillons", et un titre inédit, "Elégie pour un rat de cave", seul titre chanté de l'album.
www.jesuismort.com /biographie_celebrite_chercher/biographie-georges_brassens-326.php   (3181 words)

  
 Georges Brassens - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Georges Brassens (October 22, 1921 - October 29, 1981) was a French singer-songwriter.
Georges Brassens was born in Sète, in southern France, thirty six kilometres south of Montpellier.
Many singers covered Georges Brassens' lyrics in other languages, for instance Fabrizio De André (in Italian), Graeme Allwright and Jake Thackray (in English), Sam Alpha (in creole), Yossi Banai (in Hebrew), Jiří Dědeček (in Czech), Mark Freidkin (in Russian), Paco Ibañez and Javier Krahe (in Spanish), Jacques Ivart (in esperanto), and Piotr Machalica (in Polish).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Georges_Brassens   (932 words)

  
 Tinker, Chris: Georges Brassens and Jacques Brel
In Georges Brassens and Jacques Brel, Chris Tinker sheds new light on the pair and their work by moving beyond the biographical and linguistic approaches that tend to dominate the study of French song.
Instead, Tinker focuses on the social and cultural impact of the music—and public personas—of Brassens and Brel.
Georges Brassens and Jacques Brel will be the definitive look at the work—and the world—of the two greatest figures of chanson français.
www.press.uchicago.edu /cgi-bin/hfs.cgi/00/154127.ctl   (254 words)

  
 brssns2   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Georges Brassens, in the words of Petit Larousse Illustré: <singer (Sète 1921=Saint-Gély-du-Fesc 1981), author of poetic songs, full of spirit and nonconformism>>.
This is not at all surprising: Brassens' medium is French argot, where translation of the words does not succeed in translating the cultural experience that is the basis for understanding the context.
The Projet Brassens pages are available in both English and French and concentrate on the poems and songs produced by the group.
home.earthlink.net /~kulsetsiyi/brassens-new/brassens2.htm   (1228 words)

  
 Georges Brassens Page; French anarchist songster; from the Daily Bleed's Anarchist Encyclopedia: A Gallery of Saints & ...   (Site not responding. Last check: )
"Brassens and the other post-World War II French singers are responsible for the greatest renaissance of song in modern times...
The great secret of Brassens is that he speaks for the hardcore unassimilables with complete self-awareness.
Georges Brassens was a lifelong anarchist, and his songs express a lively antiauthoritarian spirit, even if most of them are about the simple pains and pleasures of life rather than about specifically political topics.
recollectionbooks.com /bleed/Encyclopedia/BrassensGeorges.htm   (265 words)

  
 BRASSENS REDUX: Didier Delahaye presents the works of Georges Brassens
Georges Brassens is a cultural icon in his native France.
Even though Brassens could speak with impish delight of whores and assholes, peppered his repertoire with the French equivalent of four-letter words, he did it with such grace, such style, such wit and such perfection that the incorrigible anarchist has found his place in the hallowed halls of academia.
Brassens was also as French as they come and at times words cannot translate the cultural roots of his poetry.
brassensredux.com /gb.htm   (416 words)

  
 Filles Sourires: Frères Sourires (6): Georges Brassens
Georges Brassens (1921 - 1981) is one of the great chansonniers of the 20th century.
For Brassens aficionados living in the Benelux, the Ferme Madelonne jazzcafe, in the small village of Gouvy has a yearly Brassens festival.
Georges is bound to sweeten many an evenings for us from now on...
fillessourires.blogspot.com /2007/01/frres-sourires-6-georges-brassens.html   (273 words)

  
 Georges Brassens and the French "Renaissance of Song"
Georges Brassens (1921-1981) was a lifelong anarchist, and his songs express a lively antiauthoritarian spirit, even if most of them are about the simple pains and pleasures of life rather than about specifically political topics.
Brassens retains a connection with an older and in some ways wiser culture that was no longer available to Dylan, who was thus driven to a more desperate, apocalyptical mental and verbal dissociation sometimes almost reminiscent of Rimbaud.
I’ve put together this little introduction to Brassens and his compatriots because they are unknown to most English-speaking people, and I think you may enjoy them.
www.bopsecrets.org /recent/brassens.htm   (1625 words)

  
 Chanteur compositeur : Brassens
Georges Brassens est né le 22 octobre 1921 à Sète et est mort à Saint-Gély-du-Fesc le 29 octobre 1981.
Georges Brassens a su imposer son style, des textes d'une grande qualité poétique accompagné simplement à la guitare, avec une mélodie simple.
Georges Brassens est certainement l'un des plus grands artistes français de son siècle, et un auteur-compositeur-interprète unique.
www.vivre-et-ecrire.com /groupe-brassens.php   (119 words)

  
 Brassens Georges - Magic-tab Artistes
Par Alain Fabre, jeudi 6 juillet 2006 à 12:29 :: Brassens Georges
Par Alain Fabre, vendredi 3 mars 2006 à 19:07 :: Brassens Georges
Ce blog sur Brassens Georges présente des documents utiles aux guitaristes.
www.magic-tab.com /blog-artistes/index.php/Brassens-georges   (64 words)

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