{"product_id":"edith-piafs-recital-1961-hardcover","title":"Édith Piaf's Récital 1961 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid L. Looseley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the beginning of her career in 1935 to her death in 1963 and right up to the present, Édith\u003cbr\u003ePiaf has been recognized as unique and iconic. She is France's most celebrated and mythified singing star across the world. Récital 1961 explores her most important album: the live recording of her comeback concert at the Paris Olympia on 29 December 1960, which unveiled her keynote song, 'Non je ne regrette rien' (No Regrets). It examines the content, context and significance of the concert in relation to Piaf's career, her life and her celebrity. What was so special about the performance and why did the ecstatic audiences, that night and at the subsequent performances in 1961, find it so powerful and moving? The book dissects the live show, the album and the songs that feature on it, and at a deeper level their place in the invention of the public Piaf we know today - asking why, more than a century after her birth and 60 years after her death, we still remember her, listen to her and commemorate her around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Looseley \u003c\/b\u003eis Emeritus Professor of Contemporary French Culture at the University of Leeds, UK. He writes on the popular music, culture and cultural policy of France, including \u003ci\u003eÉdith Piaf: A Cultural History \u003c\/i\u003e(2015), joint winner of the Franco-British Society Literary Prize, and \u003ci\u003ePopular Music in Contemporary France: Authenticity, Politics, Debate \u003c\/i\u003e(2003). He was contributing editor (with Diana Holmes) of \u003ci\u003eImagining the Popular in Contemporary French Culture\u003c\/i\u003e (2013). He is Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.31 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 12, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42718860378175,"sku":"9781501362118","price":194.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/3ec7efaad8118af33d41970ee33021b0.webp?v=1765083521","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/edith-piafs-recital-1961-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}