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Among the pantheon of great chansonniers, Aznavour was a born rule-breaker.

From The Guardian • Oct. 1, 2018

On radio, television and in Montmartre cellars, the traditional chansonniers gibe irreverently at De Gaulle's big-power pretensions and the docility of his Cabinet.

From Time Magazine Archive

As Mitterrand's Socialist government marked its third anniversary last week, there was plenty of material for the chansonniers.

From Time Magazine Archive

"We are not�as one of your chansonniers suggested�sending our men to the moon to set up more golf courses, but to plant vineyards and become the first winegrowing power in the cosmos."

From Time Magazine Archive

The so-called chansonniers of the north, who flourished toward the end of the twelfth century, were also troubadours.

From A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present by Mathews, W. S. B. (William Smythe Babcock)