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Voyage Au Bout De La Nuit Playlist
This playlist follows Bardamu from the trenches and colonial Africa to the alienating bustle of America and Paris, moving between martial dread, urban exhaustion, and brief moments of compassion. French chanson and jazz evoke the novel’s cultural world, while the instrumental selections provide space for its stark, restless landscapes and inward bitterness.
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20 songs
1
Nuages
Django Reinhardt · Nuages
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Pacific 231
Arthur Honegger · The French Avant-Garde in the 20th Century
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3
Le bœuf sur le toit, Op. 58
Darius Milhaud · Milhaud: Le Boeuf sur le toit; Françaix: Concertino for Piano and Orchestra; Auric: Overture; Satie: Parade
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An Ending (Ascent) - Remastered 2019
Brian Eno · Apollo: Atmospheres And Soundtracks (Extended Edition)
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West Coast Blues
Wes Montgomery · Incredible Jazz Guitar
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Quatuor pour la fin du Temps: V. Louange à l'éternité de Jésus
Olivier Messiaen · Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps (Quartet for the End of Time)
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3 Morceaux: No. 1, D'un vieux jardin
Lili Boulanger · D’un vieux jardin
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Gnossienne No. 4
Erik Satie · Satie: The Magic of Satie
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Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83: II. Adagio assai
Maurice Ravel · Ravel: Piano Concertos; Valses nobles et sentimentales
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Le déserteur
Boris Vian · Le déserteur
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La mauvaise réputation
Georges Brassens · Georges Brassens chante les chansons poétiques (et souvent gaillardes) N°1
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12
Avec le temps
Léo Ferré · Love Songs
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13
Nuit et brouillard
Jean Ferrat · Nuit et brouillard 1963
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14
Amsterdam
Jacques Brel · AMSTERDAM (Edition limitée maxi 45 t)
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La vie en rose
Édith Piaf · de l'accordeoniste a milord
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Les feuilles mortes
Yves Montand · Chante Prevert
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Je suis malade
Serge Lama · Je suis malade
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18
La Foule
Édith Piaf · Eternelle
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Les anarchistes
Léo Ferré · 50 Plus Belles Chansons
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