chanteur
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Kremer’s latest recording, “Searching for Beethoven,” with cellist Mario Brunello and the Kremerata Baltica, begins with Brunello’s arrangement of “Muss es Sein? Es muss sein!,” a 1970s song by anarchistic French chanteur Léo Ferré.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2020
Thickly orchestrated and often haunting, the records initially featured covers of songs by Jacques Brel, the Belgian chanteur, before comprising originals by the baritone-voiced Mr. Walker.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 25, 2019
Imagine an update of a Weimar Republic cabaret act in which the chanteur takes his makeup cues from “What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?” and his fashion sense from a 1960s housewife on the verge.
From New York Times ● May 3, 2018
In former years it has risen upon Caruso, Ruffo, Martinelli, Galli-Curci, upon famed and glorious chanteur a la Russe Chaliapin.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is named by the French "St. Barbara's Hedge Mustard," and the Singer's Plant, "herbe au chantre," or "herbe au chanteur."
From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas
Diminutive and wiry, with mournful, beetle-browed eyes and a raspy tenor voice, Mr. Aznavour lacked the rakish sex appeal and ebullience of chanteurs such as Maurice Chevalier and Yves Montand.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 1, 2018
His hot-metal tenor, edgy enough to cut a brass team, and his unexpectedly light footwork have brought him fame among the old-style gin-garden chanteurs.
From Time Magazine Archive
When Cherubini is asked why he does not allow his operas to be given there, he replies, "Je ne sais pas donner des op�ras, sans chœur, sans orchestre, sans chanteurs, et sans d�corations."
From Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland by Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix
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