Chanson réaliste
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Chanson réaliste refers to a style of music performed in France primarily from the 1880s until the end of World War II. Influenced by literary realism and the naturalist movements in literature and th
Fréhel in 1908, an early icon of Chanson réaliste
Édith Piaf
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Édith Giovanna Gassion, known as Édith Piaf, was a French singer and lyricist. She is regarded as France's greatest popular singer and one of the most celebrated performers in the world. She is best k
Chanson réaliste
…working-class. Chanson réaliste was a musical style that was mainly performed by women; some of the more commonly known performers of the genre include Édith Piaf and Fréhel. Chanson réaliste grew out of the cafés-concerts and cabarets of the Montmartre district of Paris during the 1880s. Home to such theatrical…
Piaf in 1946
Piaf with Compagnons de la Chanson, 1946
Piaf performing in Rotterdam, with her second husband Théo Sarapo, in 1962
Piaf's grave in Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris