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Music of France
Styles classical - folk - popular: hip hop - jazz - rock
History (Timeline and Samples)
Awards NRJ Music Awards - Victoires de la musique
Charts IFOP
Festivals Printemps de Bourges
Media
National anthem "La Marseillaise"
Regional music
Alsace - Auvergne - Aquitaine - Pays Basque - Béarn - Brittany - Burgundy - Corsica - Gascony - Languedoc - Limousin - Lorraine - Picardy - Poitou - Provence - Rousillon
Overseas music
French Guiana - French Polynesia - Martinique and Guadeloupe - Mayotte - New Caledonia - Réunion - St. France has long been considered a center for European Art and Music. French classical music began with the sacred music of the Roman Catholic Church, with written records predating the reign of Charlemagne. As Europe experienced a wave of Roots revivals France found its regional cultures reviving traditional music French pop music is the Pop music sung in the French language. This article is about Hip hop music from the country of France, and does not cover the hip hop scenes in other French speaking countries like Senegalese French rock is a form of Rock music produced primarily in France, but also in other Francophone countries Medieval Period Main article Medieval music Some of the earliest manuscripts with Polyphony are organum from 10th century French cities Time line for Music of France fl c 1150s Léonin flourished c 1201 Léonin died fl c 1200 Pérotin flourished The NRJ Music Awards, created in 2000 by the radio station NRJ in partnership with the Television network TF1 takes place every year in mid-January at Victoires de la musique ( Music's Victories) is an annual French award ceremony that recognises the best singers of the year The Institut français d'opinion publique (IFOP ( English: French Institute of Public Opinion) is an international Marketing firm whose motto is "Global A music festival is a Festival oriented towards Music that is sometimes presented with a theme such as Musical genre, Nationality or locality The Printemps de Bourges is a Music festival, started in 1977 by Jean Christophe Dechico (director of the Maison de la Culture at the time Alain Meilland A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that evokes and eulogizes the history traditions and struggles of its people recognized either by a nation's " La Marseillaise " (la maʁsɛˡjɛz in English The Song of Marseille) is the National anthem of France. Auvergne is a region in France. Its most well-known form of Folk music is that played on the Cabrette ( little goat in Auvergnat) Aquitaine is a French region consisting of the Départements of Dordogne, Gironde, Landes, Lot-et-Garonne and Pyrénées-Atlantiques The strict classification of Basque music remains a controversial issue complicated in part by the growing diversification of such music but by and large it may be argued that it is made in Since the early 1970 Brittany has experienced a revival of its Folk music, modernizing and adapting it into Folk rock and other fusion genres Burgundy became a major center for musical development during the Renaissance era. Outside of France, the island of Corsica is perhaps best known musically for its polyphonic choral tradition Gascony is a region of France that has produced several well-known performers and composers of classical, folk and Popular music. The most well-known musician from the Occitan region of Limousin is probably the piper Eric Montbel, a former member of such legendary bands as Lo Jai, The music of French Guiana includes aléké bigi pokoe and bushee negro music French Polynesia came to the forefront of the World music scene in 1992, with the release of The Tahitian Choir 's recordings of unaccompanied vocal Christian The former French Colony of Martinique is a small island in the Caribbean. Comoros is a group of Islands in the Indian Ocean, most an independent nation but also including the French territory of Mayotte. New Caledonia ( Kanaky) boasts a folk music heritage in the Melanesian tradition Réunion is located east of Madagascar and is a province ( département) of France. Pierre and Miquelon - Tahiti - Wallis and Futuna

France has a long history with jazz music. to the arrival of Europeans the music of Tahiti was dominated by festivals called Heiva. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States

Jazz began to become significant in France starting in the 1920s. The 1920s is sometimes referred to as the " Jazz Age " or the " Roaring Twenties " when speaking about the United States and Canada As with Brazil (see Brazilian jazz), the French were at first concerned it was too American of an influence before "making it their own. " Although in the case of the French the adjustment proved faster as by the 1930s jazz had become acceptable. The 1930s were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles as countries were struggling to find a solution to the Great Depression. An important event in that is the creation of the Quintette du Hot Club de France in 1934. Quintette du Hot Club de France was a Jazz group founded in France in 1934 by guitarist Django Reinhardt and violinist Stéphane Grappelli, and Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This is among the most significant jazz groups in European history. [1]

Starting in the late 1940s the Le Caveau de la Huchette would become an important place for French and American jazz musicians to work. The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949 Events and trends The 1940s was a period between the radical 1930s and the conservative 1950s which also leads the period to be Le Caveau de la Huchette is a jazz club in the Latin Quarter of Paris. Many American jazz artists have lived in France from Sidney Bechet to Archie Shepp. Sidney Bechet ( May 14, 1897 &ndash May 14, 1959) was an American Jazz saxophonist, Clarinetist and Composer Archie Shepp (born May 24, 1937) is a prominent American Jazz Saxophonist. These Americans would have an influence on French jazz, but at the same time French jazz had its own inspirations as well. For example Bal-musette had some influence on France's form of Gypsy jazz. Bal-musette is a style of French traditional music which arose in 1880s Paris especially the 5th 11th and 12th districts Gypsy jazz (also known as "Gypsy Swing" is an idiom often said to have been started by Guitarist Jean "Django" Reinhardt in the 1930s In a related vein violin, and to an extent guitar, were traditionally more popular in French jazz than American. Related to that Jean-Luc Ponty and Stéphane Grappelli are among the most well-respected violinists in the history of jazz. Jean-Luc Ponty (born September 29, 1942, Avranches, France) is a virtuoso French Violinist and Jazz Composer Stéphane Grappelli ( January 26 1908 &ndash December 1 1997) was a French Jazz Violinist who founded the That stated the violin is also popular in Eastern European jazz.

French jazz musicians

Jazz festivals in France

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Duke University is a private Research University located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar.
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