Songs in French for Children | 
| Artist: Lucienne Vernay With Les Quatres Barbus
Label: Sony Special Product
Category: Music
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Rating:  20 reviews
Sales Rank: 1148
Format: Original Recording Reissued, Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 24299
UPC: 079892429923
EAN: 0079892429923
ASIN: B00005CEP5
Release Date: January 1, 2001
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| Tracks:
| • | Le Petit Cordonnier - Lucienne Vernay, Revil | | • | Sur le Pont d'Avignon | | • | La Cane de Jeanne - Lucienne Vernay, Brassens, G. | | • | L' Alouette | | • | Dansons la Capucine | | • | L' Abeille et le Papillon - Lucienne Vernay, Salvador, Henri Gab | | • | De Quoi Qui Y'a | | • | Prom'nons Nous Dans Les Bois | | • | Le Petit Train - Lucienne Vernay, Varnay, R. | | • | Arlequin Dans Sa Boutique | | • | La Petite Marie - Lucienne Vernay, Eyssen, S.M. | | • | La Ferme de Zephirin - Lucienne Vernay, Mirman, L. | | • | Mon Père Avait 500 Moutons | | • | Picotin Musicien - Lucienne Vernay, Mirman, L. | | • | Encore un Carreau d'Cassé | | • | Panko l'Ourson - Lucienne Vernay, Pomian, G. | | • | La Claire Fontaine | | • | Le Grand Méchant Loup (Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?) - Lucienne Vernay, Churchill, R. | | • | As-Tu Vu la Casquette? | | • | La Fourmi - Lucienne Vernay, Kosma |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 15 more reviews...
One of the greatest French-language children's albums ever! December 7, 2001
Benoit Racine (Toronto, Ontario Canada)
99 out of 105 found this review helpful
This album was to my Mother Goose years (early 50's) what The Beatles'"Sergeant Pepper" was to the sixties: a landmark. It was produced by Columbia Records for the US Market and used an unlikely quintet: Les Quatre Barbus, a group of four existentialist-type bearded lads who opened for the likes of Boris Vian and Juliette Greco in the heady days of the St-Germain-des-Pres chansonniers, and Lucienne Vernay, a soft-spoken, smoky-voiced chanteuse. The result was dynamite and the songs used were very eclectic. There is one song by surrealist cult-figure Robert Desnos (absurdist but childlike, music by Joseph Kosma) and one song by perennial bohemian Georges Brassens (absurdist and cynical, but it is about the death of a female duck so it does qualify as a children's song). There are two translated American songs (Three Little Pigs and Old MacDonald Had a Farm). All the other songs are a mixture of French folklore and contemporary writing. The only major children's masterpiece of the era that is missing from the collection is "Une chanson douce" by Henri Salvador, but that's another story and he is also represented on this collection... The interpretation is fresh, the songs being handled by Lucienne alone when they are sentimental, Lucienne and the boys when they are folkloric and the boys alone when they are rowdy. What makes this album such a success is the imagination displayed in the production, recording techniques and orchestrations. There is always something mysterious, unexpected or simply wonderful going on in the background to make the stories engaging and the songs are not only sung, they are acted with the greatest of skill. It is a delight to hear those songs over and over again and they grow in profundity, significance and polish as you grow older (and you compare them to the usual caca that passes for children's entertainment these days). I will never know what American children of the 50's made of these songs (there was no English lyrics sheet enclosed, only liner notes) but I do know that as a French-speaking child in pre-Quiet Revolution Quebec, growing up in a sea of English at the time, it was a blessing. It should be noted that this album is still sold in France, 50 years later, under its English title. [...]
 Songs in French for Children December 5, 2002
44 out of 47 found this review helpful
Very charming. The singing is clear and the singers add cute sounds in the background (le petit train has train sounds in the song). My only negative comment is that no written lyrics came with the CD. I speak French well, but am not a native French speaker so have difficulty gleaning the words from the songs alone. My 3 year old daughter really likes the songs and keeps asking me for the words in English, and it is frustrating not to be able to provide them immediately. I'm sure I can figure them out with some work, though. If lyrics had been provided with the CD I would have given this CD 5 stars. The price was right too!
Best Silly Songs for Tots May 30, 2006
Viv Barker (New Jersey)
22 out of 23 found this review helpful
These songs are universally appealing to the 2 - 6 y.o. age group to whom I teach French. The arrangements are clear, sparkling, and very entertaining. The gregarious spirit of the album draws kids into repeating and singing along with little concern for content. As they become more interested and start asking questions, parents can find lyrics, and in some cases history, of these classic songs by entering titles into an international search engine.
I love this February 23, 2003
12 out of 15 found this review helpful
I understand there's a generation of American kids who grew up listening to this in French class. I sadly studied Spanish but picked this up as a grown-up and love it all the same. It's great for people learning French. When you think of it, half the purpose of children's songs is developing language skills, whatever the language. Anyway, I sing along with it in my car. Don't laugh -- I'll bet you will too.
Delightful! February 12, 2007
Heather in WI
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
Our three boys (6y, 4y, and 2y) *love* this cd! We listen to it almost every day. The music is cheerful and gentle and the singers are pleasant to listen to.
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