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Antoine Paul Taravel, known as Xavier Privas (27 September 1863 – 6 February 1927) was a French singer, poet, goguettier and composer.


Life

Antoine Paul Taravel was born in
Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...
on 27 September 1863. He made his debut in the goguette of the Caveau Lyonnais in 1888, where he obtained great success. He was named "prince of songwriters" in 1899. He was a member of the Paris goguette of Le Cornet.Dan
la revue du ''Cornet''
mention du changement d'adresse de Xavier Privas, membre du ''Cornet'', en 1906.
He died in Paris on 6 February 1927. Since 1929 there has been a rue Xavier Privas the
5th arrondissement of Paris The 5th arrondissement of Paris (''Ve arrondissement'') is one of the 20 Arrondissements of Paris, arrondissements of the capital city of France. In spoken French, this arrondissement is referred to as ''le cinquième''. The arrondissement, als ...
and in the 8th arrondissement of
Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...
.


Songbooks

*''Chansons chimériques'', Paris, P. Ollendorff, 1897 Texte en ligne sur Gallica
/small> *''Sommeil blanc'', pantomime en 1 acte, argument de Xavier Privas, musique de Louis Huvey, Paris, Imprimerie E. Marcilly, 1899 *''Chansons vécues'', Paris, P. Ollendorff, 1903 Texte en ligne sur Gallica
/small> *''L'Amour chante'', Paris, P. Ollendorff, 1904 *''Chansons des enfants du peuple'', poésies et musique de Xavier Privas, Paris, J. Rueff, 1905 *''La Chanson sentimentale'', Paris, Librairie L. Vanier, 1906 Texte en ligne sur Gallica
/small> *''La Chanson des heures'', poésie et musique, Paris, La Librairie mondiale, 1907 Texte en ligne sur Gallica
/small> *''Chansons enfantines'', 15 chansons et rondes, avec jeux sur les rondes, avec Francine Lorée-Privas, Paris, Dorbon aîné, 1913 *''La Douce chanson'', 50 chansons, poésie et musique, avec Francine Lorée-Privas, Paris, Dorbon aîné, 1913 *''Chansons françaises'', poésie et musique, avec Francine Lorée-Privas, Paris, E. Figuière, 1919 *''Au pays des fées'', avec Francine Lorée-Privas, Paris, Delagrave, 5 fasc., 1922 *''Trente ans de chansons'', Paris, E. Figuière, 2 vol., 1927-1932 *''La Chanson de Lyon'', Lyon, P. Masson, 1928


Recordings


References

Citations Sources * ''Grand dictionnaire encyclopédique Larousse'', 1982-1985


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