Contemporary Review, January 1st, 1997
Composer/singer Charles Trenet is considered one of the pioneers of modern French music. Trenets songs are typified with catchy melodies and apt lyrics which made them very popular. Trenet attracted all types of audiences: the young, the old, the elite, the working class and also the critic. Trenet's music is already considered part of the French culture; that it survived foreign compositions makes it a real work of art.
If one enjoys the music of French crooning, then one may be drawn to the records of Charles Trenet, now in his eighties. Yet when English speakers list celebrated French sing...
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