Jacques Brel - L'oeuvre Integrale

by Jacques Brel

Cette nouvelle édition rassemble l'intégralité des textes des chansons de Jacques Brel. Certaines courent dans toutes les mémoires et sur toutes les lèvres. D'autres sont moins célèbres. D'autres encore sont demeurées longtemps inédites : celles qu'il écrivit à ses débuts, entre 1948 et 1953, et les toutes dernières, datées de 1977. Toutes sont ici rassemblées, y compris les chansons de films ou de comédies musicales. Cet ensemble, publié sous les auspices de la Fondation internationale Jacques Brel, permet de comprendre à quel point Jacques Brel connaissait l'art de faire se heurter les mots dans la révolte ou de les faire chanter dans la tendresse. A quel point il sut tenir éveillé en chacun de nous l'esprit d'indignation, comme l'esprit d'enfance.

Genres: Poetry, Music

410 pages, Paperback

Published September 21, 1998

About the author

Jacques Brel; 8 April 1929 – 9 October 1978) was a Belgian singer-songwriter who composed and performed literate, thoughtful, and theatrical songs that generated a large, devoted following in Belgium and France initially, and later throughout the world. He was widely considered a master of the modern chanson. Although he recorded most of his songs in French, he became a major influence on English-speaking songwriters and performers such as David Bowie, Leonard Cohen, Marc Almond and Rod McKuen, Alex Harvey. English translations of his songs were recorded by many top performers in the United States, including Ray Charles, Judy Collins, John Denver, the Kingston Trio, Nina Simone, Frank Sinatra, Scott Walker, and Andy Williams. In French-speaking countries, Brel was also a successful actor, appearing in ten films. He also directed two films, one of which, Le Far West, was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1973. Jacques Brel has sold over 25 million records worldwide, and is the third best-selling Belgian recording artist of all time.

Reviews

[Ulysse · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quarantadue

There was a young man born in Brussels
Who inhaled several platters of mussels
When he thought he would die
He unloosened his tie
And belched a sweet song for the damsels


A sinistra... / A destra...


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[notgettingenough · Rating 5 out of 5]

The exquisite English version - If You Go Away - is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kchblo...


Don't leave me!
I’ll weep no more,
I’ll speak no more,
I’ll hide right here,
to look at you
dance and smile, to
listen to you
sing
and then laugh...
Let me become
the shadow
of your shadow,
the shadow of your hand,
the shadow of your dog, but
don’t leave me!
Don’t leave me!
Don’t leave me!
Don’t leave me!


Ne me quitte pas!
Je ne vais plus pleurer;
je ne vais plus parler,
je me cacherai là
à te regarder
danser et sourire et
à t’écouter
chanter
et puis rire.
Laisse-moi devenir
l’ombre
de ton ombre,
l’ombre de ta main,
l’ombre de ton chien, mais
ne me quitte pas!
Ne me quitte pas!
Ne me quitte pas!
Ne me quitte pas!



Thank you, David.

[ENZO MOSCHETTA · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's poetry.