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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

Oiseaux chanteurs, dans la brise expansifs, Ne souillons pas nos ailes sur la terre.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various

The R�pertoire des chanteurs de St Gervais contains an excellent modern edition of Josquin’s Miserere.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" by Various

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