ﾉdith Piaf's R馗ital 1961 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781501362118)

From the beginning of her career in 1935 to her death in 1963 and right up to the present, ﾉdith Piaf has been recognized as unique and iconic. She is France's most celebrated and mythified singing star across the world. R馗ital 1961 explores her most important album: the live recording of her comeback concert at the Paris Olympia on 29 December 1960, which unveiled her keynote song, 'Non je ne regrette rien' (No Regrets). It examines the content, context and significance of the concert in relation to Piaf's career, her life and her celebrity. What was so special about the performance and why did the ecstatic audiences, that night and at the subsequent performances in 1961, find it so powerful and moving? The book dissects the live show, the album and the songs that feature on it, and at a deeper level their place in the invention of the public Piaf we know today - asking why, more than a century after her birth and 60 years after her death, we still remember her, listen to her and commemorate her around the world.

Author: David L. Looseley
ISBN-10: 1501362119
ISBN-13: 9781501362118
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Language: English
Published: 01/12/2023
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.31d