Artist: Léo Ferré
Author: Rutebeuf/Leo Ferré
Label: Odéon
Year: 1955
On piano and organ.
Covers:
Jan De Wilde [translation: Johan Daisne]
Rutebeuf was a French poet who died in Paris in 1285. Ferré used three of his poems: Complainte Rutebeuf, Griesche d'Yves and Mariage Rutebeuf. There were more poets who inspired Ferré: he made a song of Apollinaire's Le Pont Mirabeau and dedicated a whole album to the work of Louis Aragon.
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