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Léon Xanrof
Léon Alfred Fourneau (9 December 1867, in Paris – 17 May 1953, in Paris) was a French humourist, music-hall artist, playwright and songwriter. Originally trained as a lawyer he invented the stage- and penname Xanrof by inversion of the Latin '':wikt:fornax, fornax'' of his French surname '':wikt:fourneau, fourneau'' ("furnace"), before finally legally changing his name to Léon Xanrof. Yvette Guilbert experienced early success singing Xanrof's songs at Rodolphe Salis' cabaret Le Chat Noir. Born in an bourgeois upper middle class environment, with his father a wealthy physician,young Leon Fourneau was inclined to a literary and poetry career, but his family insisted on him graduating (Baccalauréat) and taking up further éducation (he obediently undertook successful law studies and registered at the paris bar, aged 23), but he still felt inclined to song and opérette writing. The Xanrof alias was a measure of appeasement towards his family and the bar auhorities as léon F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Léon Xanrof
Léon Alfred Fourneau (9 December 1867, in Paris – 17 May 1953, in Paris) was a French humourist, music-hall artist, playwright and songwriter. Originally trained as a lawyer he invented the stage- and penname Xanrof by inversion of the Latin '':wikt:fornax, fornax'' of his French surname '':wikt:fourneau, fourneau'' ("furnace"), before finally legally changing his name to Léon Xanrof. Yvette Guilbert experienced early success singing Xanrof's songs at Rodolphe Salis' cabaret Le Chat Noir. Born in an bourgeois upper middle class environment, with his father a wealthy physician,young Leon Fourneau was inclined to a literary and poetry career, but his family insisted on him graduating (Baccalauréat) and taking up further éducation (he obediently undertook successful law studies and registered at the paris bar, aged 23), but he still felt inclined to song and opérette writing. The Xanrof alias was a measure of appeasement towards his family and the bar auhorities as léon F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apollo (Paris)
The Apollo is a former French music-hall venue located at 20 rue de Clichy in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. History The Apollo Theatre had a removable stage (now destroyed) called ''basculo'' conceived by the engineer Félix Léon Edoux. In 1909 the Czech conductor and composer, Ludvík Čelanský, was artistic director and head of the symphony orchestra of the Apollo. The actress Jane Marnac, her husband Keith Trevor, and Camille Wyn directed the Apollo in 1929 and 1930. ''The Merry Widow'' (Franz Lehár) and ''Rêve de Valse'' ( Oscar Straus) were premiered in the theatre. In addition, Carlos Gardel, Argentinian tango singer, made his Parisian debut here.Cadicamo, Enrique, ''Historia del tango en Paris'', Buenos Aires, Corregidor, 1975 Repertoire * 1913 : ''La Jeunesse dorée'', operetta by Henri Verne, music Marcel Lattès, with André Lefaur * 1914 : ''La Fille de Figaro'' by Maurice Hennequin and Hugues Delorme, music Xavier Leroux, with Jane Marnac * 1918 : ''La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oscar Straus (composer)
Oscar Nathan Straus (6 March 1870 – 11 January 1954) was a Viennese composer of operettas, film scores, and songs. He also wrote about 500 cabaret songs, chamber music, and orchestral and choral works. His original name was actually Strauss, but for professional purposes he deliberately omitted the final 's'. He wished not to be associated with the musical Strauss family of Vienna. However, he did follow the advice of Johann Strauss II in 1898 about abandoning the prospective lure of writing waltzes for the more lucrative business of writing for the theatre. The son of a Jewish ''Jewish Telegraphic Agency''. 13 January 1954 family, he studied music in Berlin under |
Théâtre Des Bouffes-Parisiens
The Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens () is a Parisian theatre founded in 1855 by the composer Jacques Offenbach for the performance of opéra bouffe and operetta. The current theatre is located in the 2nd arrondissement at 4 rue Monsigny with an entrance at the back at 65 Passage Choiseul. In the 19th century the theatre was often referred to as the Salle Choiseul. With the decline in popularity of operetta after 1870, the theatre expanded its repertory to include comedies.Bouffes-Parisien website .Lamb, Andrew. "Offenbach, Jacques" in Sadie 1992, vol. 3, pp. 653–658.Levin 2009, pp. 401–402. History Salle Lacaze [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jules Chancel
Jules Chancel (25 September 1867 – 20 January 1944) was a French journalist and writer, particularly active in books for children. Biography A nephew of Jules Charles-Roux, he is the father of Jean-Louis Chancel and Ludovic Chancel. Volunteer in the army, he was seconded to the British staff as war correspondent for the ''L'Illustration'' newspaper. As journalist, he has collaborated namely for ''L'Illustration'', the '' Figaro'', the ''L'Écho de Paris'' and the ''Excelsior''. Playwright and children's books author, his best known series are ''Children through history'' and ''Children in the colonies''. Several of his works were crowned by the Académie française. These books were illustrated by illustrators of the time like Raymond de La Nézière or Jules Fontanez. Works Children through history: *''Cocorico 1596–1651'' reître d'Henri IV illustrated by Edmond Gros *''Petit marmiton, grand musicien 1625–1650'' illustrated by Jules Fontanez *''Le petit faucon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musical Comedy
Musical theatre is a form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance. The story and emotional content of a musical – humor, pathos, love, anger – are communicated through words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an integrated whole. Although musical theatre overlaps with other theatrical forms like opera and dance, it may be distinguished by the equal importance given to the music as compared with the dialogue, movement and other elements. Since the early 20th century, musical theatre stage works have generally been called, simply, musicals. Although music has been a part of dramatic presentations since ancient times, modern Western musical theatre emerged during the 19th century, with many structural elements established by the works of Gilbert and Sullivan in Britain and those of Harrigan and Hart in America. These were followed by the numerous Edwardian musical comedies and the musical theatre w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Théâtre Des Folies-Dramatiques
The Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques was a theatre in Paris in the 19th and 20th centuries. Opened first in 1832 in the site of the old Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique on the Boulevard du Temple, under Frédérick Lemaître it became a noted venue for the genre of mélodrame.’L'encyclopédie multimedia de la comédie musicale théâtrale en France (1918-1940)’ (http://comedie-musicale.jgana.fr/index.htm), accessed 14.01.10. In 1862, the theatre moved to the rue de Bondy and the repertoire developed more in the field of operetta, ''La fille de Madame Angot'' by Charles Lecocq in 1873, ''Les cloches de Corneville'' by Robert Planquette in 1877, ''Madame Favart'', by Jacques Offenbach in 1878, ''La fille du tambour-major'' by Offenbach in 1879, ''La fauvette du temple'' by André Messager in 1885, '' La Béarnaise'' by Messager in 1887 and '' Surcouf'' by Robert Planquette in October of the same year being among the premieres seen at the theatre. Other operettas and light operas we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Théâtre Des Mathurins
The théâtre des Mathurins, also called Les Mathurins, is a Parisian theatre located 36, rue des Mathurins in the 8th arrondissement of Paris established in 1897. Directions * 1898–1901: Marguerite Deval * 1901–1908: Jules Berny * 1908: H. Mathonnet de Saint-Georges * 1910–1911: ''théâtre de Monsieur'' * 1911–1912: ''Nouveaux-Mathurins'' * 1913–1919: Sacha Guitry (''théâtre Sacha-Guitry'') * 1920: ''théâtre des Mathurins'' * 1927–1929: René Saunier * 1929–1934: Jean Sarrus * 1934–1936: Jean Tedesco * 1936–1939: Georges Pitoëff * 1939–1953: Marcel Herrand and Jean Marchat * 1953–1981: Rika Radifé * 1981–1984: Henri de Menthon * 1984–1997: Gérard Caillaud * 1997–2000: Julien Vartet * 2002–2006: Jean-Louis Livi and Bernard Murat * 2006–2011: Daniel Colas and Yvan Varco * Since 2011 : Stéphane Engelberg, Louis-Michel Colla and Séverine Setbon Productions ; Direction Marguerite Deval * 1900: ''Le Beau Choréas'', February * 190 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Veber
Pierre-Eugène Veber (15 May 1869 – 20 August 1942) was a French playwright and writer. Biography Pierre Veber was the brother of the painter Jean Veber, and the brother-in-law of both René Doumic and Tristan Bernard. His family was quite large, as he himself points out in the preface to the book ''X… Roman Impromptu'': “If seventy cities vie for the honour of having given birth to me, it’s not because I’m ten times more famous than Homer, but simply because the name I bear is more common.” At the time, there were several authors and scriptwriters with the same surname, such as Jean-Pierre Veber and Serge Veber; with whom Pierre worked from time to time. Pierre Veber is the father of journalist and author Pierre-Gilles Veber, and of screenwriter Serge Veber. He is also the grandfather of screenwriter and film director Francis Veber, and the great-grandfather of author Sophie Audouin-Mamikonian. Little is known about his youth. He himself explained: “My stud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Love Parade
''The Love Parade'' is a 1929 American pre-Code musical comedy film, directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald, involving the marital difficulties of Queen Louise of Sylvania (MacDonald) and her consort, Count Alfred Renard (Chevalier). Despite his love for Louise and his promise to be an obedient husband, Count Alfred finds his role as a figurehead unbearable. The supporting cast features Lupino Lane, Lillian Roth and Eugene Pallette. The film was directed by Lubitsch from a screenplay by Guy Bolton and Ernest Vajda adapted from the French play ''Le Prince Consort'', written by Jules Chancel and Leon Xanrof. The play had previously been adapted for Broadway in 1905 by William Boosey and Cosmo Gordon Lennox. ''The Love Parade'' is notable for being both the film debut of Jeanette MacDonald and the first "talkie" film made by Ernst Lubitsch. The picture was also released in a French-language version called ''Parade d'amour''. Chevalier h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
