Piaf

Author : Carolyn Burke
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781408822159

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No Regrets by Carolyn Burke Pdf

Edith Piaf was one of the most greatly loved singers of the twentieth century. From the start of her exceptional career in the 1930s, her waif-like form and heart-wrenching voice endeared her first to the French, then to audiences around the globe. As she moved from her youth singing in the streets to the glamour of the Paris music-halls, Piaf formed lasting friendships with such figures as Maurice Chevalier, Jean Cocteau and Marlene Dietrich; she wrote many of her own songs, aided the Resistance in the Second World War, and mentored younger singers like Yves Montand and Charles Aznavour. Yet her path to stardom was full of tragedies - the death of her daughter in infancy; the death of Marcel Cerdan, her greatest love, in a plane crash; her many illnesses, affairs and addictions, all of which nourished her passionate performances and strengthened her enduring bond with audiences. In this mesmerising, definitive new biography Carolyn Burke gives us Piaf in her own time and place, illuminating through sympathetic readings of sources hitherto unavailable both the charm and the pathos of the 'Little Sparrow' who enchanted generations and still enthralls us today.

Author : Simone Berteaut
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Singers
ISBN : 0140036695

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Piaf by Simone Berteaut Pdf

Author : David Looseley
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781781388594

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Édith Piaf by David Looseley Pdf

The world-famous French singer Édith Piaf (1915-63) was never just a singer. This book suggests new ways of understanding her, her myth and her meanings over time at home and abroad, by proposing the notion of an ‘imagined’ Piaf.

Author : David L. Looseley
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2022-12-15
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781501362132

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Édith Piaf's Récital 1961 by David L. Looseley Pdf

From the beginning of her career in 1935 to her death in 1963 and right up to the present, Édith Piaf has been recognized as unique and iconic. She is France's most celebrated and mythified singing star across the world. Récital 1961 explores her most important album: the live recording of her comeback concert at the Paris Olympia on 29 December 1960, which unveiled her keynote song, 'Non je ne regrette rien' (No Regrets). It examines the content, context and significance of the concert in relation to Piaf's career, her life and her celebrity. What was so special about the performance and why did the ecstatic audiences, that night and at the subsequent performances in 1961, find it so powerful and moving? The book dissects the live show, the album and the songs that feature on it, and at a deeper level their place in the invention of the public Piaf we know today – asking why, more than a century after her birth and 60 years after her death, we still remember her, listen to her and commemorate her around the world.

Author : David Bret
Publisher : White Lion Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Singers
ISBN : 1906217203

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Piaf by David Bret Pdf

A tiny, black-clad figure with a scorchingly powerful voice who dominated stages around the world for almost 30 years, the legendary Edith Piaf still reigns supreme more than four decades after her death. In this powerful book, Piaf's amazing rags to riches to story is told with unprecedented detail, honesty, and compassion. Friends, composers, lovers, colleagues, and the father of Piaf's only child have contributed. Skillfully analyzing every aspect of this great artist's life, a vivid portrait is painted of the celebrated chanteuse whose triumphs and tragedies were shared by an adoring public. Illustrated with photographs from the author's collection and containing a complete discography, Piaf also features detailed appendices of her films, plays, and all stage and screen tributes, making this the most comprehensive and up-to-date biography available. Piaf is the ultimate tribute to the undisputed genius of a remarkable woman.

Author : Pam Gems
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2012-06-18
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781849432924

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Piaf by Pam Gems Pdf

From the streets of Paris to worldwide fame Edith Gassion (known to all as 'Piaf', the sparrow) continues to be remembered and revered for her exceptional voice and extraordinary, troubled life. In this new version of Piaf, Pam Gems has reworked her classic 1978 play, vividly capturing the glamour and squalor, the rise and fall of this complex, fragile and enigmatic performer.

Author : Edith Piaf
Publisher : Peter Owen Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Singers
ISBN : 0720611113

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My Life by Edith Piaf Pdf

Miles Hordern sailed alone in a 28-foot sloop across the Southern Ocean from New Zealand to Patagonia and back - a voyage of 13,000 nautical miles across the largest stretch of water on earth and a region of icebergs, gales and high seas. Six weeks later he made landfall on the coast of Chile and, after a chance meeting, embarked on a 1000-mile cruise southwards to survey channels and fjords in Patagonia, one of the last uncharted areas in the world. From Chile he sailed north on the Humboldt current, then west through the tropics on the return passage to New Zealand, arriving home some 18 months after he had left.

Author : Edith Piaf
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1995-07-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781495038952

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La Vie En Rose Sheet Music by Edith Piaf Pdf

(Piano Vocal). Piano/vocal arrangment of the favorite French ballad made famous by the "Little Sparrow," Edith Piaf.

Author : Juliana Tzvetkova
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9798216130284

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Pop Culture in Europe by Juliana Tzvetkova Pdf

A fascinating survey of popular culture in Europe, from Celtic punk and British TV shows to Spanish fashion and Italian sports. From One Direction and Adele to Penelope Cruz and Alexander Skarsgard, many Europeans are becoming household names in the United States. This ready-reference guide covers international pop culture spanning music, literature, movies, television and radio, the Internet, sports, video games, and fashion, from the mid-20th century through the present day. The organization of the book—with entries arranged alphabetically within thematic chapters—allows readers to quickly find the topic they are seeking. Additionally, indexing allows for cross-cultural comparisons to be made between pop culture in Europe to that of the United States. An extensive chronology and lengthy introduction provide important contextual information, such as the United States' influence on movies, music, and the Internet; the effect of censorship on Internet and social media use; and the history of pop culture over the years. Topics feature key musicians, songs, books, actors and actresses, movies and television shows, popular websites, top athletes, games, clothing fads and designers, and much more.

Author : Stacy Linn Holman Jones
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0759106592

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Torch Singing by Stacy Linn Holman Jones Pdf

"In this innovative book, Stacy Holman Jones presents torch singing as a much more complicated phenomenon than the familiar trope of a woman lamenting her victimhood. With an ethnographer's eye, she observes the bluesy torch singers, asking if they are possibly performing critiques of the very lyrics they are singing. From this perspective, we see the singer giving expression not only to desire but also to an incipient determination to resist and change. Holman Jones also reveals points of contact in the opposition between spectators and performers, emotion and intellect, and love and power. Instead of interpreting the expression of love as a woman's violent mistake - as willing deception and passive fate - Holman Jones allows us to hear an active search for hope."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : David Bret
Publisher : Robson Books Limited
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015013631638

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The Piaf Legend by David Bret Pdf

David Bret's moving book contains much new information, a complete discography and a listing of Piaf's films and theater performances. It is a fitting tribute to this legendary star.

Author : Simone Berteaut
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015020903186

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Edith Piaf by Simone Berteaut Pdf

Author : Margaret Crosland
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Singers
ISBN : 0340348259

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Piaf by Margaret Crosland Pdf

Biography of French singer Edith Piaf.

Author : Dianne Hofmeyr
Publisher : Tiny Owl Publishing
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2020-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1910328596

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Paris Cat by Dianne Hofmeyr Pdf

A sassy cat from the back alleys of Paris believes she is quite different to the rest of the rabble. She can do anything she sets her mind to - even if others don't think so. Leaving her cat family behind, she sets off to explore Paris. Cat meets legendary singer Edith Piaf, creates her own stunning designs at a high-fashion atelier and dances with the infamous dancer Josephine Baker and her cheetah. But is this the life she really wants? What about her friends and family?

Author : Joanna Murray-Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 31 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Australian drama
ISBN : 0868198935

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Songs for Nobodies by Joanna Murray-Smith Pdf

When a great singer lets her voice float out over the anonymous crowd, or form the grooves of thousands of records, or flow through radios into millions of homes across the world, she makes countless unknown connections with people. The singer has her story and the listener hers, and should those stories touch each other, there can be magic. (1 act, 5 female).