Type of poet songwriter in France and Quebec, Canada
A chansonnier (French pronunciation: [ʃɑ̃sɔnje]; female: chansonnière, [ʃɑ̃sɔnjɛʁ])[1] was a poet songwriter, a solitary singer, who sang his or her own songs (chansons) with a guitar, prominent in francophone countries during the 1960s and 1970s. Unlike popular singers, chansonniers need no artifice to sing their soul poetry. They performed in "Les Boites à Chansons"[2] which flourished during those years. The themes of their songs varied but included nature, love, simplicity and a social interest to improve their world.
- ^ "Chansonnier definition as intended in Quebec",Chansonniers in The Canadian Encyclopedia
- ^ "Paragraph 6, "After 1960, the boîtes à chansons increased in number concurrently with Quebec's Quiet Revolution, a powerful movement of economic and cultural emancipation (...)",Chanson in Quebec in The Canadian Encyclopedia
- "Thanks to Félix Leclerc', the new Québec song (chanson) would become the natural path for the collective identity of all Quebeckers and the first Ambassador of this Society in complete mutation...",Chanson in Quebec in The Canadian Encyclopedia
- "Boites à chansons",Boîtes à chansons in The Canadian Encyclopedia