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Antilles rock groups participate in the broadening of the Caribbean musical spectrum. The spearheads like The Bolokos or Livestocks include themes, rhythms or Caribbean melodies on British or American influences. The "Rock In Gwada" collective brings together some of
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Algeria as a combination of rural and urban music. Often viewed as a form of resistance towards censorship, many of the conventional values of the old raĂŻ became modernized with instruments, synthesizers and modern equipment. Later performers added influences from
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in the 1980s. Very rapid in tempo, the style lost ground in the 1980s due to the strong presence of kadans or compas, the main music of the French
Antilles. Today, zouk is the French Antilles compas, also called zouk-love In Africa, Kassav's zouk and the Haitian
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de nouvelles revues ont réussi à voir le jour et constituent des lieux d’expression appréciables, notamment pour les jeunes chercheurs qui peuvent y faire leurs premières armes, ou pour des auteurs étrangers peu ou mal connus en France.
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Quebec singers are very popular in France, and both nations have influenced each other in terms of music styles. Quebec artists have been taking the French stage quite extensively. Notable singers that have performed in France included:
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in triple time have been noted in the 19th century by
Bujeaud, and more recently, in Angoumois. Circle- or chain-dances accompanied by caller-and-response singing have been noted in the West, and also in other regions such as
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is perhaps the most unusual of the French regional music varieties. Sung by male trios, it is strongly harmonic and occasionally dissonant. Works can be either spiritual or secular. Modern groups include
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take on a more experimental approach. These performers refer to a former tradition collected and restored by figures such as
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Etxekopar or Jean Mixel Bedaxagar have played a major role in Basque traditional music as xirula players as well as traditional singers. Other popular performers such as
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Lully also developed the common beat patterns used by conductors to this day and was the first to take the role of leading the orchestra from the position of the first violin.
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Philippe Le Guern (2003), ""The Study of
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of female dancers who wear costumes with long skirts, petticoats, and black stockings. The main features of the dance are the lifting and manipulation of the skirts, with
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Chanson Française is the typical style of French music (chanson means "song" in French) and is still very popular in France. Some of the most important artists included:
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Traditional styles of music have survived most in remote areas such as the island of
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married the director of the Paris Opéra. Her only known works are a song, "La Dame
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in 1857. France is also the 5th largest market by value in the world, and its music industry has produced many internationally renowned artists, especially in the
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tradition relies almost exclusively on younger generations, and efforts are being made now to restore it along the lines of the "southern" tradition, i.e. of the
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revitalized French music. The last two had an enormous impact on 20th-century music - both in France and abroad - and influenced many major composers such as
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In the 1980s, French rock spawned myriad styles, many closely connected with other Francophone musical scenes in Switzerland, Canada and especially Belgium.
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I love France, in fact my father was born here, so I have applied for my French passport. I love this country so much that I am getting a French passport
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On pense notamment à la revue Volume dont le premier numéro voit le jour en 2002 et qui a su accompagner la diversification des musiques actuelles
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is a style of popular music that emerged from France in the early 1960s. The yé-yé movement had its origins in the radio programme
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has a strong African element reflected in the use of slave chants and work songs. The most popular sega musicians include
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nowadays caters to almost all the tastes of music, with a wide range of music being played in Basque, from choral music (
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More recently, the success of musical television shows have spawned a new generation of young pop-music stars including
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and Dutilleux translated the innovations of Debussy, BartĂłk and Stravinsky into his own, very personal, musical idiom.
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into his orchestras. In the late Renaissance and early Baroque period, a type of popular secular vocal music called
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Several artists played important roles in popularizing the genre, which, in 2000, achieved international success.
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collected extensively in the area, and his 2-volume work "Chants et chansons populaires des provinces de l'ouest:
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became very popular throughout Europe with their unique blending of punk, new wave, dance and cabaret elements.
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is a popular style that mixes African and European music. The most popular sega musicians include Ousanousava,
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charted at #57 in France and included the successful single "Am I Wrong." In September, the French house group
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were the first international successful artists of the genre and their videos show their "space disco" roots.
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contributed to Jean-Jacques Rousseau dictionary, for articles relating to the art of playing the harpsichord.
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by Gérôme Guibert, Marie-Pierre Bonniol, and Samuel Étienne, and obtained its current name in 2008. Étienne (
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are best known. These forms are found at least as far back as the 17th century. Prominent bagpipers include
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was an organist, harpsichordist and fortepianist. He was one of the most famous musicians of his time.
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countries. It is also particularly popular in North America in the Canadian province of Quebec.
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is famous for the large red windmill on its roof. Other popular French cabarets include the
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