Chanson
Musical style
A chanson is generally any lyric-driven French song. The term is most commonly used in English to refer either to the secular polyphonic French songs of late medieval and Renaissance music or to a specific style of French pop music which emerged... Wikipedia
Language: French
Cultural origins: Late medieval era, France
Derivative forms: Chanson courtoise; Chanson de geste; Motet-chanson
Stylistic origins: Poetry
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