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Pierre-Jean de Béranger (1780 – 1857) was a prolific French poet and chansonnier (songwriter), who enjoyed great popularity and influence in France during his lifetime, but faded into obscurity in the decades following his death. Celebrated for his liberal and humanitarian views during a period when French society as a whole was undergoing rapid and sometimes violent change, Béranger has been described as "the most popular French songwriter of all time", and it is certainly true that, in the 19th century, no nation had a lyricist whose influence on his fellow countrymen compared to that exercised by Béranger on the citizens of Paris. Like all chansonniers, he wrote lyrics but did not compose any music; he set the words to a pre-existing melody such as a folk tune.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre-Jean_de_B%C3%A9ranger
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