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Sur le Pont d'Avignon. Pont d'Avignon at dusk. " Sur le pont d'Avignon " ( pronounced [syʁ lə pɔ̃ daviɲɔ̃]) ("On the Bridge of Avignon") is a French song about a dance performed on the Pont d'Avignon (officially Pont Saint-Bénézet) that dates back to the 15th century. The dance actually took place under the bridge and not on the bridge ...
The 16th-century composer Pierre Certon used the melody in a mass with the title of "Sus le Pont d'Avignon". [43] The modern version of the song dates from the mid-19th century when Adolphe Adam included it in the opéra comique Le Sourd ou l'Auberge pleine which was first performed in Paris in 1853. The opera was an adaptation of the 1790 ...
Jean Sablon. Jean Sablon (Nogent-sur-Marne 25 March 1906 – Cannes 24 February 1994) was a French singer, songwriter, composer and actor. He was one of the first French singers to immerse himself in jazz. The man behind several songs by big French and American names, he was the first to use a microphone on a French stage in 1936.
La Traversée de l'Atlantique (Atlantic Crossing) is a 1986 album by La Bottine Souriante.. Track listing "Sur le pont d'Avignon", – 3:18 "Le meunier et la jeune fille", – 3:15
Sur le pont d'Avignon, Song Cantata for equal voices (children's voices) and instruments (1957) Lavender's Blue, English Folk Song for children's choir and instruments (1961) Il était un petit navire (Once upon a time there was a sailing boat), cantata for three-voice choir and instruments (1964)
The Pont Saint-Bénézet, better known as the Pont d'Avignon and for the French song Sur le pont d'Avignon. Only four of the twenty one piers are left and the bridge ends mid-channel. On one of the piers stands the small Romanesque chapel of Saint-Bénézet. [75]
Ewa Maria Demarczyk (16 January 1941 – 14 August 2020) was a Polish singer, generally associated with the sung poetry genre and the Piwnica pod Baranami cabaret . Demarczyk was recognized as one of the most talented and charismatic singers in the history of Polish music. [ 3] She was praised for her unique interpretations, expression, and ...
Singing 'n' Swinging. (1980) Alternative cover. A&M Edition (1990) Alternative cover. Casablanca Kids Edition (2006) Smorgasbord is the second album by Torontonian kids' folk trio, Sharon, Lois & Bram, originally released in 1979.