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Please try your request again later. Are you an author? Help us improve our Author Pages by updating your bibliography and submitting a new or current image and biography. Learn more at Author Central. Popularity Popularity Featured Price: Low to High Price: High to Low Avg. French Edition Jan 31, Available for download now. Only 3 left in stock - order soon. Piaf lived mainly in Belleville, Paris , with her father from to She continued to live there alone from to Years of alcohol abuse alongside copious amounts of medications, initially for arthritic pain and later insomnia, took their toll on Piaf's health.
A series of car accidents only exacerbated her addictions and she eventually underwent a series of surgeries for a stomach ulcer in Drifting in and out of consciousness for several months, she died of liver cancer [32] at age 47 at her villa in Plascassier Grasse , on the French Riviera , on 10 October , the day before filmmaker and friend Jean Cocteau died. The name inscribed at the foot of the tombstone is Famille Gassion-Piaf. Although she was denied a funeral Mass by Cardinal Maurice Feltin because of her lifestyle, [24] her funeral procession drew tens of thousands [1] of mourners onto the streets of Paris and the ceremony at the cemetery was attended by more than , fans.
Since , the French media have continuously published magazines, books, television specials and films about the star often coinciding with the anniversary of her death. Soviet astronomer Lyudmila Georgievna Karachkina named a small planet, Piaf, in her honor. Jean-Baptiste Church in Belleville, Paris , the parish into which she was born. The following titles are compilations of Piaf's songs, and not reissues of the titles released while Piaf was active.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Belleville , Paris, France. Plascassier , Grasse , France.
Chevalier du Temple (French Edition) [Jyhel Jyhel] on www.farmersmarketmusic.com Paperback: pages; Publisher: Mon petit éditeur; PUBLIBOOK edition ( January Clochemerle (Ldp Litterature) (French Edition) [Chevallier] on www.farmersmarketmusic.com Présentation de l'éditeur Tout a commencé quand Barthélemy Piéchut, maire de à confondre Mme la baronne Alphonsine de Courtebiche, le curé Ponosse, le . et amusante qui reflete les moeurs francais dans un petit village du Beujolais.
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Edith Piaf in French. Biographie , Albert Bensoussan, Folio, Stockholm , p. Sur les onze heur's repassez Compagnons de la Marjolaine, Sur les onze heur's repassez Gai, gai, dessus le quai. Sur les minuit revenez, Compagnons de la Marjolaine, Sur les minuit revenez, Gai, gai, dessus le quai. Qu'est-ce que vous lui donnerez?
Compagnons de la Marjolaine, Qu'est-ce que vous lui donnerez? De l'or, des bijoux assez, Compagnons de la Marjolaine, De l'or, des bijoux assez, Gai, gai, dessus le quai. Company of the Marjoram Who is passing by so late? Company of the Marjoram What is the Knight asking for? Company of the Marjoram, Is there one who is awake? Company of the Marjoram, What will you give to her? Note about the 1st Line: The first line "Qu'est-ce qui passe ici si tard?
Yet another version is " Qui est-ce qui passe ici si tard" Who is passing by so late? Note about the meaning of the term "Compagnons de la Marjolaine": One explained that marjoram used to be used in love songs just like the rose or the lily of the valley. The other site explained how young men going out partying would put some sprigs of marjoram sticking out of the top of their boots.
Hence forming an informal 'Fellowship of the Marjoram'. Both sites said that these men were 'charmers'.
Instead they would say, 'to wake up the pots of marjoram'. It was a very powerful guild because the king's court, and certain people in the city -good society I suppose- made very intense use of perfumes.
According to Du Mersan Chants et chansons populaires de France, t. To sum it up, it seems that they were jolly good fellows! Monique and I went back and forth for a good week discussing what would be the best way to translate it into English to make it understandable to today's audience. The meaning is close to "Fellowship of the Marjoram" or "Fellows of the Marjoram".
That's why we finally chose to translate it this way. A "Chevalier du guet" was a knight, and a nobleman, who was part of the city Watch. It's important to note that he was also the Captain of the Watch. We had a hard time determining a translation of it into English that would get the meaning across.
Here's what Monique wrote about the meaning, "About 'Le chevalier du guet' The historical fact is that he wasn't an ordinary Captain of the Watch. He was the Captain of the Paris watch and a nobleman -to use 'watchman' would make him an ordinary watchman which he wasn't.