Serge Gainsbourg
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Serge Gainsbourg

An International Perspective

  1. 280 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Serge Gainsbourg

An International Perspective

About this book

Serge Gainsbourg is arguably the Francophone songwriter whose contribution to the international appeal of French popular music has been the most significant in the post-war era. Sampled by Beck, De La Soul, Massive Attack and Fatboy Slim, remixed by Howie B. and David Holmes, translated by Mick Harvey, and covered by Iggy Pop, Donna Summer, Portishead, Madeleine Peyroux, the Pet Shop Boys and Franz Ferdinand, his music has crossed borders in a way no other modern French-language singer-songwriter's has.

The interdisciplinary approach of Serge Gainsbourg: An International Perspective engages in a dialogue between musicology, film and media studies, literature, cultural studies, gender studies, and more, revealing the broad scope of Gainsbourg's impact in and outside of France, from the late 1950s through today. Bringing together a large selection of scholars from across the world, this collection of 26 chapters emphasizes his unique position in French culture, covering issues such as his musical influences and collaborations, esthetics and form, his experimentations with disciplines other than music (mainly film and literature), not to mention the conversation at play between high art and mass culture in this artist's multifaceted body of work.

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Yes, you can access Serge Gainsbourg by Olivier Julien, Olivier Bourderionnet, Olivier Julien,Olivier Bourderionnet in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Media & Performing Arts & Music. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Year
2024
Print ISBN
9781501365669
eBook ISBN
9781501365676
Edition
1
Subtopic
Music

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Halftitle Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Contents
  5. List of Musical Examples and Figures
  6. Notes on Contributors
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Introduction: From Saint-Germain-des-Prés to the Sorbonne: The Emergence of Gainsbourg Studies
  9. Part 1 Deconstructing the Gainsbourg Persona
  10. Part 2 Words and Music
  11. Part 3 Beyond Songwriting
  12. References
  13. Index
  14. Imprint