La Complainte de la scène

During the first half of the 20th Century, songs depicting actors of the criminal underworld gradually vanish from stages. This can be explained by many intertwined factors – to put it in a nutshell, the evolutions of entertainments, stages, publics and star system – which result in ousting criminal...

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Main Author: Marie Goupil-Lucas-Fontaine
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Criminocorpus
Series:Criminocorpus
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/criminocorpus/8664
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description During the first half of the 20th Century, songs depicting actors of the criminal underworld gradually vanish from stages. This can be explained by many intertwined factors – to put it in a nutshell, the evolutions of entertainments, stages, publics and star system – which result in ousting criminal complaints from stages at the end of the 19th Century. It doesn’t mean that crime and criminals totally disappear from musical scenes however. On the contrary, complaint stands as one of the main sources of inspiration of the artistic creation staged in café-concert, which produced new genres in those years. The realistic song in particular is stylistically and musically rooted in complaint. Complaint continues to exist through the 20th Century through stage and cinematographic performance, which perpetuates its memory to the listeners.
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spelling doaj.art-bc541de51b464cb08ea2145c095778da2024-02-14T16:24:59ZengCriminocorpusCriminocorpus2108-69071710.4000/criminocorpus.8664La Complainte de la scèneMarie Goupil-Lucas-FontaineDuring the first half of the 20th Century, songs depicting actors of the criminal underworld gradually vanish from stages. This can be explained by many intertwined factors – to put it in a nutshell, the evolutions of entertainments, stages, publics and star system – which result in ousting criminal complaints from stages at the end of the 19th Century. It doesn’t mean that crime and criminals totally disappear from musical scenes however. On the contrary, complaint stands as one of the main sources of inspiration of the artistic creation staged in café-concert, which produced new genres in those years. The realistic song in particular is stylistically and musically rooted in complaint. Complaint continues to exist through the 20th Century through stage and cinematographic performance, which perpetuates its memory to the listeners.https://journals.openedition.org/criminocorpus/8664ComplaintFrench SongRealistic SongParodyCinemaRepresentation
spellingShingle Marie Goupil-Lucas-Fontaine
La Complainte de la scène
Criminocorpus
Complaint
French Song
Realistic Song
Parody
Cinema
Representation
title La Complainte de la scène
title_full La Complainte de la scène
title_fullStr La Complainte de la scène
title_full_unstemmed La Complainte de la scène
title_short La Complainte de la scène
title_sort la complainte de la scene
topic Complaint
French Song
Realistic Song
Parody
Cinema
Representation
url https://journals.openedition.org/criminocorpus/8664
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