Ne Me Quitte Pas : A Song by Jacques Brel and Interpreted by Nina Simone and Others
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Singles
ISBN-10
1478031468
ISBN-13
9781478031468
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
214 grams
Dimensions
17.60 x 22.80 x 1.60 cms
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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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