Oom pah pah

[tealin]

A shout out to any of my musicologically endowed friends: Do you know the name of the genre of French music usually played on the accordion, usually minor key, and often in 3/4 time, to which much of the Amelie soundtrack belongs? Is this even a genre?

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[octaveleap.livejournal.com]

Really? It has its own genre? I just call 'em french waltzes... but it makes sense that it would have its own genre, since it's practically a stereotype for French music.

And I would have to wholeheartedly agree with the general awesomeness of the Amelie soundtrack.

[inkblot-fiend.livejournal.com]

Oh, I love the Amélie soundtrack - I could watch that film all day. Have you ever seen Goodbye, Lenin? I think that has a very similar/identical piece of music in when they go off to the summer house... It's so poingant, so lovely... now I want to watch them both again, dammit.