Le chant de la libération | Le Temps Des Cerises

Recorded Sound | Digitized | RG Number: RG-91.1980

Overview

Description: Le chant de la libération (Le chant des partisans), created in London in 1942 by exiled Russian-French songwriter Anna Marly (1917-2006), became the anthem of the French Resistance during World War II. Originally in Russian, the lyrics were translated to French by the Russian-Jewish writer and resistance fighter Joseph Kessel (1898-1979) and his nephew, the writer Maurice Druon (1918-2009).

Le Temps des cerises, a French popular song from the mid-19th century has had a long association with Revolutionary movements, beginning with the Paris Commune of 1871 and continuing to the present day.

Odeon – MOE 2149
Side A: Le chant de la libération (Le chant des partisans). Words: Anna Marly (Russian); Joseph Kessel and Maurice Druon (French). Music: Anna Marly (after a Russian folk melody). Yves Montand, vocalist. Orchestral accompaniment directed by Bob Castella.
Side B: Le Temps des cerises. Words: Jean-Baptiste Clément. Music: Antoine Renard. Yves Montand, vocalist. Orchestral accompaniment directed by Bob Castella.
Side A, Track 1, Le Chant De La Libération (Le Chant Des Partisans)
Side B, Track 1, Le Temps Des Cerises
Contributor: Performer: Yves Montand
Format: Phonograph record; vinyl; 7 inches; 45 rpm

Physical Details

Language: French Russian
Genre/Form: Music.

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Copyright: Copyright Undetermined
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Administrative Notes

Legal Status: Permanent Collection - not accessioned
Recorded Sound Provenance: Since 1992, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's music historian has collected historic sound recordings, published materials, interviews, and music related to the Holocaust and World War II.
Recorded Sound Notes: Musicologist note: Recording donated by Genya Markon, ca. 2004. The disc was recorded in 1957 and reissued many times. For details see www.discogs.com/Yves-Montand-Le-Chant-De-La-Lib%C3%A9ration-Le-Temps-Des-Cerises/release/1558034.

Related collections include, Anna Marly, "mémoires: troubadour de la Résistance" https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/bib49534).
Recorded Sound Source: Bret Werb

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