Sur le Pont d'Avignon

Sur le pont d' Avignon is a French folk song from the 15th century, when it comes to the Pont Saint- Benezet, is known as the Pont d' Avignon, Avignon.

History

Originally the song by composer Pierre Certon, who published the song under the title of Sous le Pont d' Avignon in the 16th century. The now familiar version originated in the middle of the 19th century for an opera by Adolphe Adam, entitled Sur le Pont d' Avignon. Since then, the song carries this item.

Probably on the bridge no one danced, only perhaps under the bridge, so formerly sous, because on the Ile de la Barthelasse, which is located in the Rhône and was formerly crossed by the bridge, the entertainment district and fairs of the city were.

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Dance

Add instructions for implementation of the song as a dance music didactics is proposed in works of elementary school, to move the chorus to dance and mimic in the individual verses the respective movements of women, men, soldiers, musicians, etc. pantomime. The German -language text is this: Do you already know, Avignon, on the bridge, let 's dance ... The men do so, and then again so ...