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Use dmy dates|date=May 2011Infobox musical artist | name = Jean Ferrat| image = Ferrat.jpg| caption = Jean Ferrat| image_size =| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Jean Tenenbaum| alias =| birth_date = Birth date|1930|12|26|df=yes|birth_place = Vaucresson , France| death_date = death date and age|df=yes|2010|03|13|1930|12|26|death_place = Aubenas , France| origin =| instrument =| genre =| occupation = singer, songwriter, composer| years_active = 1958–2009| label = Decca Records|Decca (1960–1962), Barclay Records|Barclay (1963–1976), then fr :fr:Temey| Temey | associated_acts =| website = fr http://www.jean-ferrat.com www.jean-ferrat.com| current_members =| past_members =| notable_instruments = Jean Ferrat (born Jean Tenenbaum , 26 December 1930 – 13 March 2010) http://www.artistikrezo.com/actualites/Musique/jean-ferrat-est-mort.html Jean Ferrat est mort (in French), Artistik Rezo. 13 March 2010. was a French singer-songwriter and poet. He specialized in singing poetry, particularly that of Louis Aragon .
Biography
Ferrat was born in Vaucresson , Hauts-de-Seine. He was the youngest of four children from a modest family which moved to Versailles in 1935, Ferrat studied at the Jules Ferry College. His father, a History of the Jews in Russia|Russian Jew , was deported to Auschwitz in 1942, where he died. Ferrat dropped out of school to help the family survive.
In the early 1950s he started in Parisian cabaret. After that he has avoided any particular musical style, but remained faithful to himself, his friends and his public.
In 1956, he set "Les yeux d'Elsa" ("Elsa's eyes"), a Louis Aragon poem which Ferrat loved, to music. Its rendition by popular artist André Claveau brought Ferrat some initial recognition as a songwriter.
His first Gramophone record|45 RPM single was released in 1958, without success. It was not until 1959, with publisher Gérard Meys , who also became his close friend and associate, that his career started to flourish. He signed with Decca Records|Decca and released his second single, "Ma Môme", in 1960 under the musical direction of Meys.
In 1961 Ferrat married Christine Sèvres, a singer who performed some of his songs. She died in 1981 at age 50. http://users.skynet.be/fabicore/sevres_christine/gd193100.htm Biographie de Christine Sèvres He also met Alain Goraguer , who became an arranger of his songs. His debut album, Deux Enfants du Soleil , was released that year. Ferrat also wrote songs for Zizi Jeanmaire and went on the road, sharing billing with her at the Alhambra for six months.
Nuit et Brouillard , which followed in 1963, was awarded the Académie Charles Cros 's Grand Prix du Disque . Ferrat toured again in 1965, but stopped performing on stage in 1973. In 1990, he received an award from the Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique , (SACEM) the French association of songwriters, composers and music publishers.
In 2010, Ferrat died of a long illness http://artists.letssingit.com/jean-ferrat-jean-ferrat-is-dead-7g4v8/news/330451/1 Jean Ferrat is dead at the age of 79. He lived in a small village of 700 people in Ardeche. http://www.20minutes.fr/article/391296/A-la-Une-Jean-Ferrat-enterre-dans-son-village-d-Ardeche.php
Translations
Didier Caesar (alias Dieter Kaiser), a Belgian-German singer has translated some of Ferrat's songs into German.
Jean Ferrat was translated in basque language by Andoni Lekuona for the singer Imanol
The melody of Ferrat's 'La Montagne' was used for the Dutch song 'Het Dorp', written in 1965 by Friso Wiegersma.
Discography
1961: Deux enfants au soleil ("Ma Môme", "Federico Garcia Lorca", etc.)
1963: Nuit et brouillard ("C'est beau la vie", "Nous dormirons ensemble", etc.)
1964: La Montagne ("Que serais-je sans toi", "Hourrah !", etc.)
1965: Potemkine ("C'est toujours la première fois", "On ne voit pas le temps passer", etc.)
1966: Maria ("Heureux celui qui meurt d'aimer", "Un enfant quitte Paris", etc.)
1967: À Santiago ("Cuba si", "Les Guérilleros", etc.)
1969: Ma France ("Au printemps de quoi rêvais-tu ? ", "L'Idole à papa", etc.)
1971: La Commune ("Les touristes partis", "Aimer à perdre la raison", etc.)
1971: Ferrat chante Aragon ("Le Malheur d'aimer", "Robert le Diable", etc.) sold more than 2,000,000 copies
1972: ''À moi l'Afrique ("Une femme honnête", "Les Saisons", etc.)
1975: ''La femme est l'avenir de l'homme ("Dans le silence de la ville", "Un air de liberté", etc.) sold 500,000 copies
1979: Les Instants volés ("Le Tiers chant", "Le chef de gare est amoureux", etc.)
1980: Ferrat 80 ("Le Bilan", "L'amour est cerise", etc.) certified platinum record
1985: ''Je ne suis qu'un cri ("La Porte à droite", "Le Chataîgnier", etc.)
1991: Dans la jungle ou dans le zoo ("Les Tournesols", "Nul ne guérit de son enfance", etc.)
1995: Ferrat chante Aragon Vol. 2 ("Complainte de Pablo Neruda", "Les feux de Paris", "Lorsque s'en vient le soir", etc.)
2002: Ferrat en scène
;Compilations
2012: Best Of (3 CDs)
Notes
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References
Commons
http://www.jean-ferrat.com/ Official sitefr
http://www.mosaique.levillage.org/miroirs/ferrat.htm Fan sitefr
Persondata | NAME = Ferrat, Jean | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = 26 December 1930 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Vaucresson , France | DATE OF DEATH = 13 March 2010 | PLACE OF DEATH = Aubenas , France DEFAULTSORT:Ferrat, Jean Category:1930 births Category:2010 deaths Category:People from Vaucresson Category:Disease-related deaths in France Category:French Jews Category:French-language singers Category:French male singers Category:French people of Russian descent Category:French singer-songwriters
