Ne Me Quitte Pas : A Song by Jacques Brel and Interpreted by Nina Simone and Others

Name: Ne Me Quitte Pas
Brand: Duke University Press
SKU: 9781478028253
Price: 12250 KES
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ISBN: 9781478028253

by Maya Angela Smith

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Format Hardback

Book Series Singles

ISBN-10 1478028254

ISBN-13 9781478028253

Publisher Duke University Press

Imprint Duke University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Feb 25th, 2025

Print length 277 Pages

Weight 363 grams

Product Classification: Music reviews & criticism Music: styles & genres Social & cultural history Ethnic studies Black & Asian studies

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In 1959, Belgian singer-songwriter Jacques Brel wrote and performed “Ne me quitte pas” (Don’t leave me), a visceral and haunting plea for his lover to come back. As a teenager, Maya Angela Smith was so captivated by Nina Simone’s powerful 1965 cover of the song that it inspired her to be a French professor. In Ne me quitte pas, Smith follows the classic song’s long and varied journey, from Brel’s iconic 1966 performance on French television to Simone’s cover to Shirley Bassey’s English-language version (“If You Go Away”) to its contemporary manifestations in popular culture. Throughout, Smith shows that as the song travels across languages, geographies, genres, and generations, it accumulates shifting artistic and cultural significance as each listener creates their own meaning.

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