Henri Christiné

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Henri Christiné, 1917

Henri Marius Christiné (27 December 1867 – 25 November 1941) was a French composer of Swiss birth.[1]

The son of a French

Fragson. He also conducted for the music hall
at the Place Clichy.

Although Christiné wrote some

Bouffes-Parisiens. This success was followed by Dédé in 1921, Madame (1923) and J'adore ça (1925). These works were in the forefront of a new fashion in music-theatre: sparkling, witty, jazzy musical plays.[4] Christiné's tunes often build on repeated refrains of six or seven notes (a 'hook') which made them catchy and popular for contemporary audiences.[5]

In the 1930s Christiné contributed to the renewed fashion for more large-scale spectacular musicals, with pieces for the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, Au temps des Merveilleuses and Yana; for these he wrote the more vibrant numbers, while Richepin did the romantic songs.[6] "Le Bonheur, Mesdames" and "Le Flirt ambulant" were rearrangements of his songs from the 1900s.[7] He died in Nice, France.

Phi-Phi and Dédé are still occasionally revived in France.

Works

  • 1903 : Service d'amour, Brussels
  • 1904 : Mam'zelle Chichi, Paris
  • 1907 : Les Vierges du harem, Brussels
  • 1908 : Cinq minutes d'amour, Paris
  • 1918 : Phi-Phi, Paris
  • 1921 : Dédé, Paris
  • 1923 : Madame, Paris
  • 1925 : J'adore ça ; PLM,[8] Paris
  • 1926 : J'aime !, Paris
  • 1929 : Arthur, Paris
  • 1931 : Encore cinquante centimes (with Maurice Yvain), Paris
  • 1933 : La Madone du promenoir ; L'Affaire Brocs, Paris
  • 1934 : Le Bonheur, mesdames ! ; Au temps des Merveilleuses (with Tiarko Richepin)
  • 1934 : La Poule ; Yana (with Tiarko Richepin)

Songs

  • "Le beau gosse"
  • "Jamais en colère"
  • "A la Martinique"
  • "Le long du Missouri"
  • "La Baya"
  • "La petite dame du Métro"
  • "Dans la vie faut pas s'en faire"
  • "Oh ! Maurice"
  • "Je sais que vous êtes jolie"
  • "Ah ! Voui"
  • "L'amour"
  • "L'amour qui rit"
  • "Un bon mouvement"
  • "Le beau môme"
  • "Chanson des petits païens
  • "Elle n'est pas si mal que ça"
  • "Faut jamais dire ça aux femmes"
  • "Je suis républican"
  • "Mon cœur"
  • "Pas pour moi"
  • "Quand un soldat.."
  • "Que je n'ose pas dire"
  • "Viens poupoule !"
  • "Si j'avais su"
  • "La Petite Tonkinoise" (1905)
  • "Elle est épatante"
  • "Je connais une blonde"
  • "Reviens"
  • "Valentine"
  • The Medinettes (Suzy)"

References

  1. ^ Gänzl K. Henri Christiné. In: The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. Macmillan, London and New York, 1997.
  2. ^ Bruyr J. Que sais-je? L'operette. Presses Universitaires de France, Paris, 1962.
  3. ^ Ziegler J. Booklet notes accompanying CD 461 961-2, Dédé, 2001.
  4. ^ Gänzl K. Henri Christiné. In: The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. Macmillan, London and New York, 1997.
  5. ^ Nichols R. The Harlequin Years: music in Paris 1917-1929. Thames & Hudson, London, 2002.
  6. ^ Traubner R. Operetta, a theatrical history. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1983.
  7. ^ L'encyclopédie multimedia de la comédie musicale théâtrale en France (1918-1940), accessed 13.8.09
  8. ^ (Le Train Bleu)

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