Monique Andrée "Barbara" Serf

Monique Andrée Serf

' (9 June 1930 – 24 November 1997) was a French singer. She took her stage name, Barbara, from her grandmother, Varvara Brodsky, a native of Odessa, Russian Empire (now Ukraine). Her song "L'Aigle noir" sold 1 million copies in twelve hours.[1]

Contents 1 Childhood 2 Musical development 3 Musical influences 4 Middle years 5 Acting career 6 Later years and death 7 Personal life 8 Musical legacy 9 Discography 10 Albums 10.1 Singles 11 Filmography 12 References 13 Sources 14 External links Childhood Born in Paris to a Jewish family, Barbara was ten years old when she had to go into hiding during the German occupation of France in World War II. After the war ended, a neighborhood professor of music heard her sing and took an interest in helping her develop her talents. She was given vocal lessons and taught to play the piano, and eventually she enrolled at the Ecole Supérieure de Musique. Money was a problem and she gave up her musical studies to sing at "La Fontaine des Quatre Saisons," a popular cabaret in Paris.

She was deeply scarred by the war and her family's plight. The feelings of emptiness experienced during childhood showed in her songs, particularly "Mon Enfance". She said in her uncompleted autobiography, Il était un piano noir (assembled from notes found after her death), that her father sexually abused her when she was ten and she hated him for that. He later abandoned the family.

Musical development

The New York Times portrait of Barbara by Reginald Gray A tall person, Barbara dressed in black as she sang melancholy songs of lost love. From 1950 to 1952, after her father's desertion of her family, she lived in Brussels, where she became part of an active artistic community. Her painter and writer friends took over an old house, converting it into workshops and a concert hall with a piano where she performed the songs of Édith Piaf, Juliette Gréco and Germaine Montero. However, her career evolved slowly and she struggled constantly to eke out a living.

Returning to Paris, she met Jacques Brel and became a lifelong friend, singing many of his songs. Later she met Georges Brassens, whose songs she began to use in her act and to record on her first album. In the 1950s, she sang at some of the smaller clubs and began building a fan base, particularly with the young students from the Latin Quarter. In 1957, she went back to Brussels to record her first single, but it was not until 1961 that she got a real break when she sang at the Bobino Music-Hall in Montparnasse. Dressed in a long black robe, she gave a haunting performance, but the Parisian critics said she lacked naturalness and was stiff and formal in her presentation. She continued to perform at small clubs, and two years later at the Théâtre des Capucines she succeeded with the audience and critics alike, singing new material she had written herself. From that point on, her career blossomed and she signed a major recording contract in 1964 with Philips Records.

Musical influences Influenced originally by songwriters Mireille and Pierre MacOrlan, she developed her own style and the writing of her own songs transformed her image into that of a unique singer-songwriter. In the 1960s, she wrote her landmark song, "Ma plus belle histoire d'amour c'est vous" ("My Most Beautiful Love Story Is You"), and others for which she remains famous such as "L'aigle noir", "Nantes", "La solitude", "Göttingen" and "Une petite cantate." These five songs plus "Dis, quand reviendras-tu?" were translated into German by Belgian-German singer-songwriter Didier Caesar. The song "Göttingen" (named after the German city of Göttingen) is said to have contributed more to post-war German–French reconciliation than any speech by a politician.[2] On the 40th anniversary of the Elysée agreement, ex-chancellor Gerhard Schröder quoted from the song in his official speech in the Château de Versailles.[3]

Middle years She returned to Bobino in 1964 for several sold-out performances. She performed at the Paris Olympia and other important venues in France, becoming one of her country's most beloved stars. In 1965, she released the album Barbara chante Barbara, which became a critical and financial success, winning the Grand Prix du Disque of the Charles Cros Academy. At the award ceremony, Barbara tore her award into several pieces, giving a piece to each of her technicians as a sign of her gratitude.

Acting career In 1969, she wrote the theme song "Moi, je me balance" for the film La fiancée du pirate. She announced that she would limit her concert singing, and in 1970 she made her acting début in the stage play Madame that proved to be a commercial flop. In 1971 she co-starred with Jacques Brel in a film he directed titled Franz. Two years later she starred in L'Oiseau rare directed by Jean-Claude Brialy. Her final film role came in 1975 in Je suis né à Venise by choreographer Maurice Béjart.[citation needed]

Allée Barbara in Paris Later years and death Barbara's career remained active in the 1970s, with appearances on television variety shows with stars such as Johnny Hallyday and a tour of Japan, Canada, Belgium, Israel, the Netherlands and Switzerland. Through the 1980s, she continued to tour and to write songs; her album Seule was one of France's top grossing releases of 1981. The next year she was awarded the Grand Prix du Disque in recognition of her contribution to French culture. She developed a close working relationship with rising film star Gérard Depardieu and his wife Élisabeth, collaborating on songs for film and records. In 1986 she went to New York City to perform on piano at the Metropolitan Opera with Mikhail Baryshnikov in a song and dance ballet presentation. She co-wrote the music for the stage play Lily Passion with Luc Plamondon, in which she co-starred with Depardieu. It told the story of a killer who murders someone each time he hears her sing.

In the latter part of the 1980s she became active in the fight against AIDS. She recorded SID'Amour à mort and gave out condoms at performances. In 1988 the government of France awarded her the Legion of Honour. Health problems impeded her performing and she began to devote time to the writing of her memoirs. However, she recorded another successful album in 1996—which sold over a million copies in twelve hours—before she died of respiratory problems in Neuilly-sur-Seine (a suburb of Paris), on 24 November 1997. She was interred in the family grave at the Cimetière de Bagneux in southwest Paris.

Personal life In October 1953 she married Claude John Luc Sluys, a Belgian law student, but they separated in 1956. She wrote many very personal songs, "Nantes" about her father, "Une petite cantate" dedicated to her friend Liliane Bénelli, born Gnansia, who died in a car accident in 1965. Later in life, she wrote a song to her public "Ma plus belle histoire d'amour" and another about her musicians "Mes hommes".

Musical legacy Barbara's musical legacy is revealed in the writing of a number of singers, French-speaking and otherwise. A style referred to as "Nouvelle Chanson",[4] or "New Chanson", artists such as Keren Ann, Benjamin Biolay, Coralie Clement, Emilie Simon, Daphné, Vincent Delerm and Tancrède[5] are often cited as exponents of the updated style. One of the few English-speaking artists to cover her work is Marc Almond, whose version of "Amours Incestueuses" ("Incestuous Loves") was released on his 1996 album "Absinthe". The Anglo-French biographer David Bret, a close friend of Barbara, wrote at her behest "Les Hommes Bafoués", a song about AIDS prejudice. Bret also adapted three of her songs, "Ma Plus Belle Histoire D'Amour", "La Solitude", and "Précy Jardin" into English for Barbara. These were taped in 1992, but so far have never been released. Maria del Mar Bonet, a Catalan singer made, in 1971, a cover of L'Aigle Noir in Catalan and made a success of it in Spanish-language countries. L'Aigle Noir has also been adapted and sung in Spanish, and Swedish (Rikard Wolff), and many times in Japanese, also with great success.

Well-known contemporary artists such as New York based Martha Wainwright, Spanish singer-songwriter Conchita Mendivil (who both recently reprised "Dis, Quand Reviendras-tu?",[6] and Regina Spektor (with "Après Moi"), and London-based singer-songwriter Ana Silvera[7] have reprised songs sung by Barbara.

Discography [icon] This section needs expansion with: albums and singles as this list is just selective and she has more releases. You can help by adding to it. (March 2012) Albums 1963: Dis, quand reviendras-tu? 1964: Barbara chante Barbara 1965: Barbara N°2 1966: Le mal de vivre 1967: Ma plus belle histoire d'amour 1968: Le Soleil noir 1970: Madame 1970: L'Aigle noir 1971: Amours incestueuses 1972: La Fleur d'amour 1973: La Louve 1981: Seule 1986: Lily Passion (with Gérard Depardieu) 1996: Barbara Singles "L'Aigle noir" "Göttingen" "Mon enfance" Filmography 1955: Le Toubib, médecin du gang[8] 1971: Franz[citation needed] 1973: L'Oiseau rare as singer Alexandra Blitz-Balfour[citation needed] 1975: Je suis né à Venise by Maurice Béjart[citation needed] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_(singer)

Monique Serf, dite Barbara (ou Barbara Brodi à ses débuts), est une auteure-compositrice-interprète française, née le 9 juin 1930 à Paris 17e et morte le 24 novembre 1997 à Neuilly-sur-Seine (Hauts-de-Seine).

Sa poésie, servie par l'harmonie de ses compositions et la finesse de ses interprétations, lui assure un public fidèle quarante ans durant. Nombre de ses chansons sont devenues des classiques de la chanson française, notamment : Une petite cantate, Dis, quand reviendras-tu ?, Nantes, Göttingen, La Dame brune, L'Aigle noir, Marienbad ou encore Ma plus belle histoire d'amour.

Barbara joue dans trois films pour le cinéma et dans deux pièces musicales, Madame en 1970 et Lily passion (avec Gérard Depardieu) en 1986.

Biographie

Enfance

Monique Andrée Serf est née le 9 juin 1930 au 6, rue Brochant dans le 17e arrondissement de Paris, au domicile de ses parents, Jacques Serf (1904-1959)1, Juif alsacien représentant de commerce dans la fourrure, et Esther Brodsky (1905-1967)2, également Juive née à Tiraspol (Moldavie), fonctionnaire à la préfecture de Paris3. Elle passe les premières années de sa vie dans ce quartier des Batignolles en compagnie de ses parents, de sa grand-mère maternelle Hava Poustilnikov (1878-1946) née à Zlatopil (en Ukraine, alors dans l'Empire russe) et de son frère Jean (1928-2014)4. Elle vit notamment avec sa grand-mère dans la rue Nollet5,6 voisine.

Sa jeunesse est marquée par des déménagements successifs, notamment en 1938, au 26 rue Mulsant à Roanne (Loire), où naît sa sœur Régine en août de la même année, puis en 1941, au 3 bis rue des Carmes à Tarbes (Hautes-Pyrénées), où naît son frère Claude en mars 19425. Les déménagements se succèdent sous l'Occupation allemande pour échapper à la chasse faite aux Juifs par les nazis. S'y ajoutent les séparations pour déjouer les dénonciations. De juillet 1943 à octobre 1945, la famille est cachée par la famille du chef d'orchestre Jean-Paul Penin à Préaux (Indre), puis à Saint-Marcellin (Isère). À la fin de la guerre, les membres de la famille se retrouvent au 31 bis, rue Ernest-André au Vésinet (Yvelines), où Barbara prend des cours de chant et de piano, avant d'emménager en octobre 1945 à Paris.

Barbara subit le comportement incestueux de son père pendant son enfance. En 1941, alors qu'elle a 10 ans et demi, à Tarbes, son père abuse d'elle pour la première fois. « Un soir, à Tarbes, mon univers bascule dans l'horreur », écrit-elle. Personne ne dénonce l'inceste dans sa famille. Puis en Bretagne, elle fugue et s'adresse à une gendarmerie. On l'écoute mais sa plainte n'est pas enregistrée. Son père revient la chercher et laisse entendre qu'elle affabule. En 1949, alors qu'elle n'a que 19 ans, son père quitte définitivement le foyer familial, mettant ainsi fin à leurs rapports9, mais elle n'en fait le récit que très tardivement, dans ses mémoires dont la rédaction est interrompue par sa mort en 1997, sans toutefois se décider à employer les mots « viol » et « inceste ». Beaucoup de personnes se sont interrogées sur le sens réel des paroles de L'Aigle noir. De son vivant, Barbara se dérobait à chaque fois, prétextant que cela ne concernait qu'elle : « Ce ne sont pas les paroles qui sont importantes... », disait-elle. Selon le chanteur Patrick Bruel (qui reprend le titre en 2015 sur l'album Très souvent, je pense à vous…), ces paroles seraient une référence à l'emblème de l’Allemagne nazie et à la vie d'errance et de danger durant l'enfance de la chanteuse. Le journaliste Pierre Adrian commente : « Après l'interprétation psychanalytique, voici l'interprétation historique ».

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Wikipedia

ברברה

(בצרפתית: Barbara;‏ 9 ביוני 1930 - 24 בנובמבר 1997), הוא שם הבמה של '''מוניק אנדרה סרף''' ( Monique Andrée Serf), אשר הייתה זמרת שאנסונים צרפתייה יהודייה מפורסמת.

קורות חיים מוניק סרף נולדה בפריז למשפחה יהודית וכבר בגיל 10 נאלצה להתחבא מפני הנאצים, במשך תקופת הכיבוש הגרמני על צרפת במלחמת העולם השנייה. בתום המלחמה, פרופסור למוזיקה שמע את מוניק שרה במקרה והציע לעזור לה לפתח את כשרונה. היא קיבלה שיעורי פיתוח קול ולמדה לנגן על פסנתר ולבסוף נרשמה מוניק ל-École Supérieure de Musique. יחד עם זאת, בעיותיה הכלכליות של מוניק סרף אילצוה לוותר על לימודי המוזיקה, לטובת משרת שירה ב-La Fontaine des Quatre-Saisons, קברט מפורסם בזמנו בפריז.

כילדה רגישה היא נפגעה עמוקות ממאורעות המלחמה ומצרותיה המשפחתיות. על פי האוטוביוגרפיה שלה, "היה פסנתר שחור", אביה התעלל בה מינית כשהייתה בת 10 ולאחר מכן עזב את הבית לבלי שוב. שנים אחר כך נסעה מוניק סרף, ברברה, להלוויית אביה בנאנט, שם חיברה את אחד משיריה הפופולרים ביותר, "נאנט", המנציח את נסיעתה. תחושת הריקנות הפנימית שנגרמה לה עקב אירועים אלו השתקפו במראה החיצוני שלה ובשיריה, בעיקר בשיר: "ילדותי". כינויה היה "האישה בשחור" על שום הופעתה הגבוהה, לבושה תמיד בשחורים ושיער שחור אסוף לאחור. הופעותיה כללו בעיקר שירים מלנכוליים על אהבה אבודה.

לאחר נטישת אביה את המשפחה ברחה מהבית ובין השנים 1950 ל-1952 גרה בבריסל, בירת בלגיה, לאחר שהצטרפה שם לקומונת אמנים פעילה. חבריה הסופרים והציירים, שכרו בית ישן והפכו אותו לסדנה ולאולם קונצרטים עם פסנתר, שבו ביצעה שירים של אדית פיאף, ז'ולייט גרקו וז'רמיין מונטרו. הקריירה שלה התפתחה באיטיות והיא נאבקה למחייתה. בשנת 1953 היא נישאה לסטודנט למשפטים מבלגיה והתגרשה ממנו ב-1956. מאוחר יותר בחייה, כתבה על יחסיה עם גברים, בשיר שאומר: "הם צועדים בגאווה, הגברים שלי. אני בחזית והם מאחור." לאחר שחזרה לפריז, נפגשה עם ז'אק ברל ונוצרה ביניהם ידידות רבת שנים. היא שרה והלחינה רבים משיריו. בהמשך היא פגשה את ז'ורז' ברסנס שאת שיריו הקליטה באלבומה הראשון. בשנות ה-50 היא הופיעה במועדונים קטנים והחלה לבסס קבוצת מעריצים, בעיקר סטודנטים צעירים מהרובע הלטיני. את הפריצה האמיתית עשתה ברברה בשנת 1961 כאשר הופיעה בהיכל המוזיקה המפורסם בובינו (Bobino) ברובע מונפרנאס. אולם המבקרים הפריזאים היו קשוחים איתה והיא המשיכה להופיע במועדונים קטנים. שנתיים אחר כך היא הופיעה ב- Théâtre des Capucines והקסימה את הקהל ואת המבקרים בהופעה מלאת כוח מדהימה, עם חומר חדש. מנקודה זו, פרחה הקריירה שלה ובשנת 1964 היא חתמה על חוזה גדול עם חברת Philips Records. בשנות ה-70, שיחקה במספר סרטים, הופיעה בתוכניות טלוויזיה ויצאה למסעי הופעות ברחבי העולם.

כמה מלהיטיה הגדולים הם: "אשתו של הקטור", "גבר בבגדים", "סיפור האהבה היפה ביותר שלי הוא אתם", "נאנט", "אני לא יודעת", "גטינגן", "העיט השחור" (l'aigle noir, וכך גם כינתה את עצמה) ועוד. שירה "הגבירה בחום", דואט עם ז'ורז' מוסטקי שגם כתב, התפרסם בישראל בתרגום לעברית של יעקב שבתאי ובביצוע יוסי בנאי ואילנה רובינא. שירה Perlimpinpin התפרסם בישראל בשם ""בירבורים"" בתרגום לעברית של אהוד מנור ובביצוע קורין אלאל באלבומה "שפת אמי". ב-2017 הוציאה יוצרת האינדי טליה אליאב אלבום בו היא שרה משירי ברברה בתרגומה.[1] השפעתה של ברברה ניכרת על סגנונה של חוה אלברשטיין.

לברברה תפקיד חשוב בפיוס בין גרמניה וצרפת לאחר מלחמת העולם השנייה. בשנות ה-60 נסעה ברברה לגטינגן, עיר אוניברסיטאית קטנה בגרמניה. ברברה התאהבה בעיר ובאנשים, וכתבה את השיר ׳גטניגן׳, שהפך במהרה לאחר מלהיטיה הגדולים. השיר עורר סערה עם פרסומו בתחילת שנות ה-60 בצרפת, משום שהיה השיר הראשון להביע סימפטיה לסבל הגרמני. השיר כלל את השורה: ״מי ייתן ואנשים יסלחו לי, אבל הילדים הם אותם ילדים – גם בפריז וגם ב -גטינגן.״ העובדה שדווקא זמרת יהודיה שרה בעד פיוס עם הגרמנים, סייעה לשנות את הלכי הרוחות, ותרמה לחימום היחסים בין המדינות.[2]

ברברה נפטרה ב-1997, בגיל 67 מבעיות נשימה ונקברה ליד אמה וקרובי משפחתה, בחלקה היהודית, בבית הקברות של באנייה (Bagneux), דרומית לפריז.

העיר פריז קראה על שמה מרכז מוזיקה ברובע ה-18, בעיר רֶן נקרא רחוב על שמה ובעיר נאנט הוצב בשנת 2000 פסל לכבודה.

קישורים חיצוניים ויקישיתוף מדיה וקבצים בנושא ברברה בוויקישיתוף גאיה פולת, ברברה: הזמרת היהודיה ששרה על פיוס בין גרמניה לצרפת , אתר Pata Queens MusicBrainz Logo 2016.svg ברברה , באתר MusicBrainz (באנגלית) Deezer.svg ברברה , באתר Deezer ברברה , באתר Discogs (באנגלית) Songkick logotype.svg ברברה , באתר Songkick (באנגלית) ברברה , באתר בית לזמר העברי ברברה , באתר "שירת נשים" IMDB Logo 2016.svg ברברה , במסד הנתונים הקולנועיים IMDb (באנגלית) בני מר, ברברמניה , הארץ 29.11.2007. אורי הולנדר, Le mal de vivre על ברברה , באתר הארץ, 8.6.2008 ברברה , באנציקלופדיה לנשים יהודיות (באנגלית) Goettingen: The song that made history

- מאתר ה-BBC השיר "העיט השחור" - http://lyricstranslate.com/en/l039aigle-noir-black-eagle.html https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%94

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Monique Andrée Serf

' (9 June 1930 – 24 November 1997) was a French singer. She took her stage name, Barbara, from her grandmother, Varvara Brodsky, a native of Odessa, Russian Empire (now Ukraine). Her song "L'Aigle noir" sold 1 million copies in twelve hours.[1]

Contents 1 Childhood 2 Musical development 3 Musical influences 4 Middle years 5 Acting career 6 Later years and death 7 Personal life 8 Musical legacy 9 Discography 10 Albums 10.1 Singles 11 Filmography 12 References 13 Sources 14 External links Childhood Born in Paris to a Jewish family, Barbara was ten years old when she had to go into hiding during the German occupation of France in World War II. After the war ended, a neighborhood professor of music heard her sing and took an interest in helping her develop her talents. She was given vocal lessons and taught to play the piano, and eventually she enrolled at the Ecole Supérieure de Musique. Money was a problem and she gave up her musical studies to sing at "La Fontaine des Quatre Saisons," a popular cabaret in Paris.

She was deeply scarred by the war and her family's plight. The feelings of emptiness experienced during childhood showed in her songs, particularly "Mon Enfance". She said in her uncompleted autobiography, Il était un piano noir (assembled from notes found after her death), that her father sexually abused her when she was ten and she hated him for that. He later abandoned the family.

Musical development

The New York Times portrait of Barbara by Reginald Gray A tall person, Barbara dressed in black as she sang melancholy songs of lost love. From 1950 to 1952, after her father's desertion of her family, she lived in Brussels, where she became part of an active artistic community. Her painter and writer friends took over an old house, converting it into workshops and a concert hall with a piano where she performed the songs of Édith Piaf, Juliette Gréco and Germaine Montero. However, her career evolved slowly and she struggled constantly to eke out a living.

Returning to Paris, she met Jacques Brel and became a lifelong friend, singing many of his songs. Later she met Georges Brassens, whose songs she began to use in her act and to record on her first album. In the 1950s, she sang at some of the smaller clubs and began building a fan base, particularly with the young students from the Latin Quarter. In 1957, she went back to Brussels to record her first single, but it was not until 1961 that she got a real break when she sang at the Bobino Music-Hall in Montparnasse. Dressed in a long black robe, she gave a haunting performance, but the Parisian critics said she lacked naturalness and was stiff and formal in her presentation. She continued to perform at small clubs, and two years later at the Théâtre des Capucines she succeeded with the audience and critics alike, singing new material she had written herself. From that point on, her career blossomed and she signed a major recording contract in 1964 with Philips Records.

Musical influences Influenced originally by songwriters Mireille and Pierre MacOrlan, she developed her own style and the writing of her own songs transformed her image into that of a unique singer-songwriter. In the 1960s, she wrote her landmark song, "Ma plus belle histoire d'amour c'est vous" ("My Most Beautiful Love Story Is You"), and others for which she remains famous such as "L'aigle noir", "Nantes", "La solitude", "Göttingen" and "Une petite cantate." These five songs plus "Dis, quand reviendras-tu?" were translated into German by Belgian-German singer-songwriter Didier Caesar. The song "Göttingen" (named after the German city of Göttingen) is said to have contributed more to post-war German–French reconciliation than any speech by a politician.[2] On the 40th anniversary of the Elysée agreement, ex-chancellor Gerhard Schröder quoted from the song in his official speech in the Château de Versailles.[3]

Middle years She returned to Bobino in 1964 for several sold-out performances. She performed at the Paris Olympia and other important venues in France, becoming one of her country's most beloved stars. In 1965, she released the album Barbara chante Barbara, which became a critical and financial success, winning the Grand Prix du Disque of the Charles Cros Academy. At the award ceremony, Barbara tore her award into several pieces, giving a piece to each of her technicians as a sign of her gratitude.

Acting career In 1969, she wrote the theme song "Moi, je me balance" for the film La fiancée du pirate. She announced that she would limit her concert singing, and in 1970 she made her acting début in the stage play Madame that proved to be a commercial flop. In 1971 she co-starred with Jacques Brel in a film he directed titled Franz. Two years later she starred in L'Oiseau rare directed by Jean-Claude Brialy. Her final film role came in 1975 in Je suis né à Venise by choreographer Maurice Béjart.[citation needed]

Allée Barbara in Paris Later years and death Barbara's career remained active in the 1970s, with appearances on television variety shows with stars such as Johnny Hallyday and a tour of Japan, Canada, Belgium, Israel, the Netherlands and Switzerland. Through the 1980s, she continued to tour and to write songs; her album Seule was one of France's top grossing releases of 1981. The next year she was awarded the Grand Prix du Disque in recognition of her contribution to French culture. She developed a close working relationship with rising film star Gérard Depardieu and his wife Élisabeth, collaborating on songs for film and records. In 1986 she went to New York City to perform on piano at the Metropolitan Opera with Mikhail Baryshnikov in a song and dance ballet presentation. She co-wrote the music for the stage play Lily Passion with Luc Plamondon, in which she co-starred with Depardieu. It told the story of a killer who murders someone each time he hears her sing.

In the latter part of the 1980s she became active in the fight against AIDS. She recorded SID'Amour à mort and gave out condoms at performances. In 1988 the government of France awarded her the Legion of Honour. Health problems impeded her performing and she began to devote time to the writing of her memoirs. However, she recorded another successful album in 1996—which sold over a million copies in twelve hours—before she died of respiratory problems in Neuilly-sur-Seine (a suburb of Paris), on 24 November 1997. She was interred in the family grave at the Cimetière de Bagneux in southwest Paris.

Personal life In October 1953 she married Claude John Luc Sluys, a Belgian law student, but they separated in 1956. She wrote many very personal songs, "Nantes" about her father, "Une petite cantate" dedicated to her friend Liliane Bénelli, born Gnansia, who died in a car accident in 1965. Later in life, she wrote a song to her public "Ma plus belle histoire d'amour" and another about her musicians "Mes hommes".

Musical legacy Barbara's musical legacy is revealed in the writing of a number of singers, French-speaking and otherwise. A style referred to as "Nouvelle Chanson",[4] or "New Chanson", artists such as Keren Ann, Benjamin Biolay, Coralie Clement, Emilie Simon, Daphné, Vincent Delerm and Tancrède[5] are often cited as exponents of the updated style. One of the few English-speaking artists to cover her work is Marc Almond, whose version of "Amours Incestueuses" ("Incestuous Loves") was released on his 1996 album "Absinthe". The Anglo-French biographer David Bret, a close friend of Barbara, wrote at her behest "Les Hommes Bafoués", a song about AIDS prejudice. Bret also adapted three of her songs, "Ma Plus Belle Histoire D'Amour", "La Solitude", and "Précy Jardin" into English for Barbara. These were taped in 1992, but so far have never been released. Maria del Mar Bonet, a Catalan singer made, in 1971, a cover of L'Aigle Noir in Catalan and made a success of it in Spanish-language countries. L'Aigle Noir has also been adapted and sung in Spanish, and Swedish (Rikard Wolff), and many times in Japanese, also with great success.

Well-known contemporary artists such as New York based Martha Wainwright, Spanish singer-songwriter Conchita Mendivil (who both recently reprised "Dis, Quand Reviendras-tu?",[6] and Regina Spektor (with "Après Moi"), and London-based singer-songwriter Ana Silvera[7] have reprised songs sung by Barbara.

Discography [icon] This section needs expansion with: albums and singles as this list is just selective and she has more releases. You can help by adding to it. (March 2012) Albums 1963: Dis, quand reviendras-tu? 1964: Barbara chante Barbara 1965: Barbara N°2 1966: Le mal de vivre 1967: Ma plus belle histoire d'amour 1968: Le Soleil noir 1970: Madame 1970: L'Aigle noir 1971: Amours incestueuses 1972: La Fleur d'amour 1973: La Louve 1981: Seule 1986: Lily Passion (with Gérard Depardieu) 1996: Barbara Singles "L'Aigle noir" "Göttingen" "Mon enfance" Filmography 1955: Le Toubib, médecin du gang[8] 1971: Franz[citation needed] 1973: L'Oiseau rare as singer Alexandra Blitz-Balfour[citation needed] 1975: Je suis né à Venise by Maurice Béjart[citation needed] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_(singer)