French Songs

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As with other cultures, the french culture especially its music has also been influenced by western culture. American pop music genres like rock, electronic music etc have gained wide popularity in France. Other genres like rap, hip hop, R&B, punk rock, reggae etc have also found some listeners.

Chanson Francaise is the works or the early french rockers during the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. Alan Stivel was an innovative musician who combined the rock genre with Celtic folk music form Brittany to create folk – rock. Other famous rockers were Claude Francois, Richard Anthony, Francoise Hardy, and Jean Pierre Massiera etc.

During the 80’s hip hop started gaining popularity in the french music circuit but soon died down and dint gain the popularity expected. Some hip hop French artists were Thony Maskot, Farid Berki, Traction Avant, Black Blanc etc.

Other french famous pop artists over the years have been rapper MC Solaar, Khaled who found the Algerian Rai, Laurent Garnier, David Guetts etc.

Some of my favorite French pop songs are:

1. 666 by Aphrodite’s Child
2. Les Maledictus Sound by Pierra Massiera
3. Halloween by Pulsar
4. DiDi by Khaled.

French folk music is as unique and endearing as the country itself. To enjoy rare traditional cultural old French folk songs mp3 free download many sites are available online. French folk songs lyrics, videos, video clips, remix French songs etc can also be download free.

France has a rich heritage of folk music. The bagpipe and the hurdy gurdy form its basic instruments. Famous bagpipers include Bernard Blanc, Frédéric Paris and Philippe Prieur.

Basque is an ethnic French group and their form of folk music is known as Trikitixa. It uses the accordion as a base and its famous singers include Oldarra and Benat Achiary.
Corsica is another unique French folk style. There are usually 3 male singers singing at a time in perfect harmony. Their basic instruments are the bagpipe, lute, mandolin, fife and accordion. Brittany is another form of French folk music which has Celtic origins. Brittany’s famous ballad style of singing is known as Gwerz. Another famous form is the bagad pipe form which uses instruments like bombarde and biniou.

With western influences the folk tradition started having a downfall but there was a folk revival during the 70’s which was pioneered by Le Grand Rouge and La Bomboche. Alan Stivell was another famous singer who revived French folk rock music. His footsteps were followed by Malicorne later.

A list of famous French folk songs is:
1. Pello Joxeppe
2. Sarri Sarri by kortatu

The opera is deeply engraved in French classical music. Traditional rare cultural opera new and old classical French songs mp3 free download are widely available online.  French songs lyrics, videos, video clips, remix classical French songs mp3, instrumental French classical songs mp3 etc are also downloadable for free.

Akébar roi du Mogol is probably the first French opera to be performed in 1646 in Carpentras. Tragédie lyrique or tragédie en musique was a tragic love ballad form modified from the Italian opera by Jean Baptiste Lully. His famous works include Cadmus. He was also the first to take the role of leading the orchestra from the position of the first violin and developed the common beat patterns used by conductors to this day. One of the most famous operas Carmen was created by Georges Bizet.

French classical music also has a romantic era which was pioneered by Hector Berlioz. Maurice Ravell and Claude Debussy gained popularity throughout the world during the late 19th and early 20th century. By the early 20th century western influences had started too seep through French classical music and neoclassical French music was gaining popularity. Famous amongst these were Olivier Messiaen, Henri Dutilleux and Pierre Boulez.

Some famous French classical songs are:

1. Cadmus an opera by Jean Baptiste Lully
2. Carmen an opera by Georges Bizet
3. Noah an opera by Fromental Healivy

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French music had its foundation laid down way back in the 10th century which started with Organum. Notre Dame was a style of Organum. Organum gave way to the Motet towards the later 12th century. This style of music was made popular by wanderers called as Troubadours. Midway through the 14th century 2 different styles of music were born namely Ars Nova and Ars Subtilior. During renaissance music began to be developed in a centre known as Burgundy.

Since then the French music has evolved through various stages. The notable styles are French folk music which is very popular even today and the opera which has got itself world recognition. The American pop music and western music has also greatly influenced traditional French music and different genres like rock, hip hop, reggae etc have been incorporated into French pop music.

Some of the famous French songs are:

1. Sarri Sarri by Kortatu
2. Carmen an opera by Georges Bizet
3. Halloween by Pulsar