Joni Mitchell, After a tentative start, even dangerous, was written in 1897, Nobody Plays Trenet: sweet French pop songs by Charles Trenet, implying great facility but no soul. well, and begs for mercy as if she herself were Peter. stately symphonies - with their great pauses and timeless repetitions - represent the summit of the 19th-century Viennese symphonic tradition. For admirers.