LibGuides: .French Resources Subject Guide: Music and Audio

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Audio Programming

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15-minute audio files to help beginner and intermediate students with everyday conversations, comprehension and pronunciation. Website provides the original 2 seasons (80 episodes), or download via iTunes, which includes the 3rd season of free lessons (#301-340).

Music CDs & DVDs

Apollinaire: Léo Ferré chant et dirige La chanson du mal aimé de G. Apollinaire by Léo Ferré
Call Number: M1731.2.F477 A66 2004 CD
Publication Date: 1972
Le meilleur des tubes en karaoké. Années 2000
Call Number: MT8920 .M455 2011 DVD
Recent French pop songs in karaoke format: On s'attache; Butterfly; L'envie d'aimer; J'traine des pieds; J'ai demandé à la lune; Il y a; 4 mots sur un piano; Aux arbres citoyens ; Ça m'énerve; Relax (take it easy).

This DVD is encoded in PAL (Region 2) format. This encoding limits its use in the U.S. It may not play in many DVD players. To play it, use a region-free player ("Region 0"). Depending upon the combination of hardware and software, a computer's DVD drive may also play it.
Nos plus belles années: karaoké
Call Number: MT8920 .N67 2010 DVD (vols. 1-4)
v.1 J'ai oublié de vivre; Vous les femmes; L'été Indien; Alabina; Un autre monde; Les mots bleus; Lundi a soleil; Auand la musique est bonne; Roxanne; Ti amo.

v.2 Pour que tu M'aimes encore; Tchiki boum; Encore un matin; Toute premiére fois; Born to be alive; Smooth operator; Mes emmerdes; Blue Jean; My guy.

v.3 Alors regarde; Laissons entrer le soleil; Laura; Il suffira d'umn signe; Mademoiselle chante le blues; Saga Africa; Baby Jane; Get down Saturday night; Babooshka; One night in Bangkok.

v.4 Au bout de mes rêves; Je ne suis pas un héros; Aline; Joue pas; Y'a d'la rumba dans l'air; Gloria; Mirza; Material girl; Stop! in the name of love; Let it be.

Audiobooks

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