“I want to make people cry even when they don’t understand my words.” Edith Piaf (1915-1963)
From jazz to rock, from pop to rap, the hugely varied and diverse genre, French Chansons started to take shape at the end of the 19th century, and was immediately a huge hit amongst young and old alike. Browse our sheet music and scores, and discover all the greatest French Chanson hits with Stretta today!
At the end of the 19th century, the first French Chansons, cabaret songs emerged, which were already very different from the popular classical French Song and French Opera. Cafes, variety shows became venues to showcase French Chanson, and some of the most famous venues are still known today, Moulin Rouge, Les Folies Bergères, Le Chat Noir and L’Olympia.
In the 1930s, one of the greatest idols of French Chanson came to the fore, Édith Piaf, whose name was soon on everyone’s lips in France and abroad. She was followed by other popular artists such as Yves Montand, Henri Salvador, Annie Cordy and many others.
At the same time, singers like Jacques Brel and Georges Brassens were more inspired by literary, emotionally committed texts.
The 1960s saw the birth of rock music, which came mainly from the United States, and with it came the age of fans, who followed their idols such as Johnny Hallyday, Claude François, Sylvie Vartan, Françoise Hardy and many others. They were nicknamed “yéyés”, which came from the English“ yeah”, from the Beatles “She Loves You”. Thanks to these stars, the record market experienced a legendary boom.
At the end of 1970, it was the ’rock opera’ by Michel Berger and Luc Plamondon Starmania which paved the way for the genre of French musical comedy. It was followed by ’Notre Dame de Paris’, ’The Ten Commandments’, ’Romeo and Juliet’ and many others.
At the end of the century, Jean-Jacques Goldman and Mylène Farmer revolutionized the French music video, while the Canadian Céline Dion achieved international success with the release of the world’s best-selling French-language album “D’eux”, written and produced by JJ Goldman.
In the early 2000s, singers emerged, mostly from musicals, such as Garou and Lara Fabian, but the focus soon shifted back to singers with literary texts like Raphaël, Carla Bruni and Bénabar, who were hugely successful.
The Belgian singer Stromae made a name for himself on the French music scene in 2013 with his album “Racine Carré”, the best-selling album of the decade. His unique style highlights the elaborate texts that are reminiscent of those of his compatriot Jacques Brel.
Today, urban music that emerged in the 90s is the mainstay of French Chanson, with Maître Gims, Soprano and Sexion d’Assaut, among others.
Chanson von Michel Berger
Bosse Hits a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 665941
für 5 Saxophone (SAATBar)
for: 5 saxophones (SAATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 613814
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 358587
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1182310
Toller Titel von Max Raabe und dem Palast Orchester
für Frauenchor und Klavier
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 680820
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Songbook PVG (Piano/Vocal/Guitar)
Item no.: 608211
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Songbook PVG (Piano/Vocal/Guitar)
Item no.: 151179
for: Accordion
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 167257
for: Trumpet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 161157
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1196247
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1196245
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 169163
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 992751
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1182309
(Heimat und Heimatlosigkeit)
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 757356
for: Männerchor (TTBarBarBB a cappella)
Music score
Item no.: 732277
Bedenkliches, Bedeutendes und Bedauerliches "Die Erde dreht sich wie am Spieß"
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 731679
Tod und Vergänglichkeit "Ich weiß nicht, ob ich tot bin"
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 731677
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 759482
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 759480
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 759460
(„Polterabend“)
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 739829
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 741269
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 747931
for: Mixed Choir [SMezATBarB] a Cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 179220
(Fassung in „Lola Blau“)
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 725518
Tabus und ihre Folgen "Und was zu sagen wär', wird nicht gesagt"
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 724870
Tabus und ihre Folgen "Und was zu sagen wär', wird nicht gesagt"
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 724865
Tod und Vergänglichkeit "Ich weiß nicht, ob ich tot bin"
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 724861
Tod und Vergänglichkeit "Ich weiß nicht, ob ich tot bin"
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 724860
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 480172
for: Sopran und Streichorchester
Piano reduction
Item no.: 351506
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 197895
for: Piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 466762
for: Voice, piano
Single edition
Item no.: 102886
for: Voice, piano
Score
Item no.: 606206
for: Jazz-combo (4 flexible wind instruments, rhythm section)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 482303
Ihr Leben in Texten und Bildern
Die zum 100. Geburtstag neu gestaltete Ausgabe...
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 1667108
Collection Crock'Music
for: Piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1324047
De Haske Pop Collection
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 678798
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 614351
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Mezzo-soprano and 5 Instruments
Score, Parts
Item no.: 373259
for: für Chansonnier, Klavier, Kontrabass und Schlagzeug
Lyric book
Item no.: 162521
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Songbook
Item no.: 274281
Paroles et musique avec accompagnement piano
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Songbook PVG (Piano/Vocal/Guitar)
Item no.: 465029
for: Zither (3 chords)
Backing sheet
Item no.: 157331
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Songbook
Item no.: 1669586
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Songbook PVG (Piano/Vocal/Guitar)
Item no.: 608208
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