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Olivier Basselin

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Olivier Basselin , 15th cent., French miller of Vire, Normandy. He was one of the Compagnons du Vau de Vire [companions of the Vire valley], who made drinking songs, love songs, and war songs. The oldest surviving collection (1670) of the Vaux de Vire [songs of the Vire], once ascribed to Basselin, was probably the work of Jean Le Houx (d. 1616). ... Read more
vaudeville
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition , originally a light song, derived from the drinking and love songs formerly attributed to Olivier Basselin and called Vau, or Vaux, de Vire. Similar to the English music hall , American vaudeville was a live entertainment consisting of... Read more
Vaudeville
The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre ...or Val) de Vire, meaning ‘songs from the Valley of Vire’ (in Normandy), where in the 15th century Olivier Basselin composed satirical couplets, sung to popular airs, against the English invaders; or, alternatively, ‘voix... Read more

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