Charles Colmance

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Charles Colmance

Louis-Charles Colmance , usually briefly called Charles Colmance (born April 26, 1805 in Paris , † September 12, 1870 ibid) was a French folk songwriter.

Life

Charles Colmance was the son of poor parents. He started his apprenticeship with a form engraver, where he soon became aware of his poetic talent in the cheerful goings-on in his workshop mates and through his connection with the so-called goguettes . Now, especially since his admission to the Lice chansonnière (a poets' society cultivating the folk song ), he has developed astonishingly fruitfulness. In 1854 he took over the management of a small catering establishment, but without luck, then became a book seller in 1864 and established himself as a bookseller in Montmartre in 1869 , where he died in 1870 at the age of 65.

As a chansonnier, Colmance moves entirely in the field, who understands the real people with his actions and doings, reveals great versatility and handles a wide variety of subjects with ease and skill . He can not be denied that he has too great a preference for "free jokes" ( gaudrioles ). He shows a great deal of technical skill in handling verse and rhyme, and depending on the nature of the subject, he sings now in the written language, now in the dialect of the people. His numerous chansons appeared individually in different editions, were reprinted many times and in some cases were widely distributed. Without any knowledge of music, Colmance composed the melody himself for too many. A complete edition of his chansons was published in Paris in 1862.

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personal data
SURNAME Colmance, Charles
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Colmance, Louis-Charles (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French folk song poet
DATE OF BIRTH April 26, 1805
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH September 12, 1870
Place of death Paris