Vienne (song)
Vienne is a chanson by the French singer Barbara .
History of origin
The song was written by Barbara and Roland Romanelli and released in 1972 on the album La Fleur d'amour . Barbara named her chansons several times after cities, such as Nantes or Marienbad , the best known is the song Göttingen , which made a significant contribution to the reconciliation between France and Germany after the Second World War .
content
The song is about a woman who writes to her husband in Paris that she is now in Vienna . The escape to Vienna was her last chance and now she is enjoying autumn. She spends her newly won freedom with walks, but the evening life in Vienna is not free from charms either, she describes her stay in correspondence with her husband, until she finally invites him to Vienna.
shape
Due to the melodically barely incisive tone sequences and the lack of a refrain , the poetry of the text carried by harmonies and the intonation of the vocal performance come into their own. In terms of text, the chanson consists of passages from the correspondence from Vienna to Paris.
Frames
The song was also sung by William Sheller in 1992 . He was looking for a song for a charity record for AIDS research - a personal concern of Barbara - and after many of her songs were not written for a male voice, he decided on Vienne , which he adapted melodically and lyrically. In 2009 the song was also recorded by Patrick Bruel . In 2017, the actress Juliette Binoche woke up the images from “Vienne” again because she reinterpreted the song by reading out the correspondence with the music in the background.
Individual evidence
- ^ German translation by Vienne on gaymoods.de
- ↑ Vienne on shellerophile.net
- ^ Reconciliation by song on taz.de.
- ↑ Alexandre Tharaud's homage to Barbara: Release: September 29, 2017 on qrious.de