Ne me quitte pas
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2025
Duke University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4780-2825-3 (ISBN)
Duke University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4780-2825-3 (ISBN)
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Maya Angela Smith, follows the long and varied journey of Jacques Brel’s classic song “Ne me quitte pas,” showing how it gains shifting artistic cultural significance as it travels across languages, geographies, genres, and generations.
In 1959, Belgian singer-songwriter Jacques Brel wrote and performed “Ne me quitte pas” [Don’t Leave Me], a visceral and haunting plea for his lover to come back. As a teenager, Maya Angela Smith was so captivated by Nina Simone’s powerful 1965 cover of the song that it inspired her to be a French professor. In Ne me quitte pas, Smith follows the classic song’s long and varied journey, from Brel’s iconic 1966 performance on French television to Simone’s cover to Shirley Bassey’s English-language version [“If You Go Away”] to its contemporary manifestations in popular culture. Throughout, Smith shows that as the song travels across languages, geographies, genres, and generations, it accumulates shifting artistic and cultural significance as each listener creates their own meaning with it.
In 1959, Belgian singer-songwriter Jacques Brel wrote and performed “Ne me quitte pas” [Don’t Leave Me], a visceral and haunting plea for his lover to come back. As a teenager, Maya Angela Smith was so captivated by Nina Simone’s powerful 1965 cover of the song that it inspired her to be a French professor. In Ne me quitte pas, Smith follows the classic song’s long and varied journey, from Brel’s iconic 1966 performance on French television to Simone’s cover to Shirley Bassey’s English-language version [“If You Go Away”] to its contemporary manifestations in popular culture. Throughout, Smith shows that as the song travels across languages, geographies, genres, and generations, it accumulates shifting artistic and cultural significance as each listener creates their own meaning with it.
Maya Angela Smith is Professor of French in the French and Italian Studies Department at the University of Washington.
Introduction 1
1. “Ne me quitte pas”: Jacques Brel Composes the Ultimate Breakup Song
2. “Sorry about the Words, Y’all”: Nina Simone Covers Brel
3. “We’ll Sail on the Sun”: Rod McKuen and Shirley Bassey Translate Hope in a Song about Despair
4. From “Ne me quitte pas” to “If You Go Away”: Adapting Iconic Songs to Film and Stage
Outre
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 25.2.2025 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Singles |
| Verlagsort | North Carolina |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 178 x 178 mm |
| Gewicht | 572 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4780-2825-4 / 1478028254 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4780-2825-3 / 9781478028253 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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