Guy Lafarge

Guy Lafarge (Périgueux, 5 May 1904 - Paris, 17 December 1990) was a French composer of operettas and popular songs.[1]

Selected compositions

"La Seine", with lyrics by Flavien Monod (paroles) was first sung by fr:Renée Lamy Pathé 78 and won the Prix de Deauville in 1948. The song was also covered by fr:Lina Margy, fr:Jacqueline François, Maurice Chevalier and Colette Renard, as well as by Bing Crosby on the 1953 album Le Bing: Song Hits of Paris.
"La belle amour", lyrics by Francis Carco, entry of France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1957

gollark: Which is still more annoying for the writer. So I'm not sure why you would expect people to interpret it as an amazing gift.

gollark: People have different preferences on communication.

gollark: "It has no flaws, since it doesn't have flaws"?

gollark: I see. I don't think it's just a thing of "they would agree with me if they had more information".

gollark: I didn't actually say that. I'm not sure what you're agreeing with.

Benoît Duteurtre L'opérette en France 1997 - 202029902X Page 153 "Musicien raffiné, entre opérette classique et comédie musicale, Guy Lafarge (1904-1990) donnait avant-guerre Niquette (1930), Carabas et Cie (1932) sur des rythmes de rumba ou Monsieur Papillon (1934). Pendant la guerre, il compose La Course à l'amour (1941) où débute le jeune Guétary. Dans les années 1950, il donne plusieurs ouvrages humoristiques: Il faut marier maman (1950) sur un livret de Marc Cab, créé notamment par Denise Grey ; puis un « marivaudage » : La Leçon d'amour dans un parc (1951) ; et une « folie...Lafarge composera encore de nombreuses pièces créées en province : Un chapeau de paille d'Italie (Strasbourg, 1966), L'Œuf à voiles (Nantes, 1977), Le Petit Café (Mulhouse, 1980), composé avec Jack Ledru, et d'autres partitions restées inédites, dans le vent"

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.