Henri Fursy or Furcy (real name Henri Dreyfus, 26 February 1866 - 14 April 1929) was a French cabaret singer, director and lyricist.
Henri Fursy | |
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_par_Edouard_Stebbing_Photographe_(18..-1915)..jpg) Fursy around 1908 by Édouard Stebbing[1] | |
| Born | 26 February 1866 Paris, France |
| Died | 14 April 1929 (aged 63) Nice, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation | Cabaret Singer |
Life
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Henri Dreyfus was born on 26 February 1866 in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris.[2]
Under the stage name of Henri Fursy, he was a chansonnier, a singer of humorous songs, in Montmartre. He also directed several cabarets as a manager or owner, including the famous Le Chat Noir (The Black Cat), which he bought after the death of Rodolphe Salis and renamed La Boîte à Fursy (The Fursy Box). He also wrote songs for several Parisian artists of the early 20th century.[3][4][5]
Henri Fursy was made a Knight of the Legion of Honour in 1927.[6] He died in Nice on 14 April 1929.[7][8] Albert Michaud published a tribute after his death in Le Cornet (The Horn) where he says Fursy left a young widow and an adopted girl.[2][9] He is buried in the cemetery of Montparnasse.[9]
Bibliography
edit- Chansons rosses, Ollendorff, 1898, cover illustration by Léandre.
- Chansons rosses, part 2, Ollendorff, 1899, cover illustration by Gründ.
- Chansons de La Boîte (chansons rosses, part 3), Société d'éditions littéraires et artistiques, 1902.
- Chansons rosses, part 4, Ollendorff, 1905.
References
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- ^ Pradels 1908, p. 448.
- ^ a b Acte de naissance.
- ^ Valbel & Hugues 1895, p. 285-288.
- ^ Bercy 1902, p. 144-148.
- ^ Millanvoye 1909, p. 143-148.
- ^ DREYUS, Henri: Leonore.
- ^ Fursy (1867-1929): Bibliothèque nationale.
- ^ Brunschwig, Calvet & Klein 1972, p. 161.
- ^ a b Michaud 1929, p. 17.
Sources
- "Acte de naissance #3/385/1866", Archives de l’état civil de Paris, Marginal note records 1923 marriage with Germaine Georgette Mignot., 1866
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - Bercy, Léon de (1902). Montmartre et ses chansons : Poètes et chansonniers. Illustrations by Charles Léandre. Paris: H. Daragon.
- Brunschwig, Chantal; Calvet, Louis-Jean; Klein, Jean-Claude (1972). 100 ans de chanson française. Paris: Éditions du Seuil.
- "DREYUS, Henri". Leonore. Ministry of Culture. Retrieved 2013-09-23.
- Fursy (1867-1929). Bibliothèque nationale de France.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - Michaud, Albert (April–May 1929). "Nos deuils". Le Cornet. 24 (4).
- Millanvoye, Bertrand (1909). Anthologie des poètes de Montmartre : Notes biographiques et bibliographiques. Paris: Société d'éditions littéraires et artistiques (Paul Ollendorff).
- Pradels, Octave (1908). Trente ans de café-concert, souvenirs de Paulus (300 illustrations, 60 chansons). Paris: Société d'édition et de publications. p. 460.
- Valbel, Horace; Hugues, Clovis (1895). Les chansonniers et les cabarets artistiques. Illustrated by Alfred Le Petit. Paris: E. Dentu.