Pierre-Jean de Béranger was a prolific French poet and chansonnier (songwriter), who enjoyed great popularity and influence in France during his lifetime, but faded into obscurity in the decades following his death.
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Le Grenier (The Garret - illustration to Béranger's poem of the same name)
Bust of Pierre-Jean de Béranger by David d'Angers (1829).
Béranger in La Force Prison, 1828.
Pen and ink sketch of Bérenger from Fraser's (magazine), ca. 1833.
Music and first verse of "Le Vieux drapeau" ("The old flag", 1820)
Illustration for the song, The Censor by J. J. Grandville (1836), wood engraving, 21.9 x 14 cm., Metropolitan Museum of Art.Listen
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Pierre-Jean de Béranger was a prolific French poet and chansonnier (songwriter), who enjoyed great popularity and influence in France during his lifetime, but faded into obscurity in the decades following his death. He has been described as "the most popular French songwriter of all time" and "the first superstar of French popular music".
Country
FranceCategory
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1780 to 1857 · aged 76
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