Charles Trenet - Narbonne, France - Grave of a Famous Person on Waymarking.com

[EN] Charles Trenet, est né le 18 mai 1913 à Narbonne (Aude) et mort le 19 février 2001 à Créteil (Val-de-Marne).

Surnommé à ses débuts « le Fou chantant », il est l'auteur de près de mille chansons à l'inspiration souvent poétique, dont certaines, comme Y a d'la joie, Ménilmontant, Douce France, La Mer ou encore L'Âme des poètes demeurent des succès populaires intemporels, au-delà même de la francophonie.

En 1920, ses parents divorcent. Charles partage alors son enfance entre Narbonne où réside sa mère, et Saint-Chinian où habite son père, notaire et violoniste amateur.

Il développe sa sensibilité à la musique et au rythme grâce à sa mère, qui joue au piano le morceau Hindustan et écoute sur le phonographe familial des standards de jazz de George Gershwin, et aussi grâce à son père qui a découvert ces rythmes par les soldats américains pendant la guerre.

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[EN] Trenet's best-known songs include "Boum!", "La Mer", "Y'a d'la joie", "Que reste-t-il de nos amours?", "Ménilmontant" and "Douce France". His catalogue of songs is enormous, numbering close to a thousand.

Some of his songs had unconventional subject matter, with whimsical imagery bordering on the surreal. "Y'a d'la joie" evokes joy through a series of disconnected images, including that of a subway car shooting out of its tunnel into the air, the Eiffel Tower crossing the street and a baker making excellent bread. The lovers engaged in a minuet in "Polka du Roi" reveal themselves at length to be "no longer human": they are made of wax and trapped in the Musée Grévin. Many of his hits from the 1930s and 1940s effectively combine the melodic and verbal nuances of French song with American swing rhythms.

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Description: See long description Date of birth: 05/18/1913 Date of death: 02/19/2001 Area of notoriety: Entertainment Marker Type: Horizontal Marker Setting: Outdoor Fee required?: No Web site: [Web Link] Visiting Hours/Restrictions: Not listed

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