La Vie Boheme - Couverture souple

Clayson, Alan

 
9781842405352: La Vie Boheme
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1842405357 ISBN 13 : 9781842405352
Editeur : Chrome Dreams, 2010

Synopsis

Jacques Brel From his childhood days in Belgium in the early 1930s to the final reclusive years on a remote Pacific island in the late 1970s, this expansive study chronicles the life of the iconic Belgian chansonnier Jacques Brel. With new and rediscovered information, the narrative presents an extremely candid exploration of both a figurehead and a respected authority of modern songwriting whose global impact comes not from one or two standard songs--such as "Seasons in the Sun "and "If You Go" "Away"--but from myriad items spread over decades of translated covers and revivals. The survey examines the artist's determination to avoid a legacy with the family cardboard bu...

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The only English language account of the great Belgian chansonier, Jacques Brel: La Vie Bohme, riven with new and re-discovered information, is the most candid - and probably the most definitive - exploration of Brel to date. Both a figurehead and minence grise of modern songwriting whose global impact comes not from one or two 'standards' but a myriad of items spread over decades of translated covers and revivals, Jacques Brel remains - more than 30 years after his death - one hell of a sexy name to drop.

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Éditeur
Chrome Dreams
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1842405357
ISBN 13 
9781842405352
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
224
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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