Louis Varney (composer)

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Louis Varney

Louis Varney (born May 30, 1844 in New Orleans , † August 20, 1908 in Paris ) was a French composer.

The son of the composer and conductor Adolphe Varney became conductor at the Theater L'Athénée-Comique after the Franco-Prussian War , for which he also composed several revues (including De bric et de broc ).

Louis Cantin , director of the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens , commissioned him to compose a libretto that Paul Ferrier and Jules Prével had written based on the vaudeville L'habit ne fait pas le moine . The premiere of the operetta Les Mousquetaires au couvent in March 1880 was a triumphant success, with which Varney established himself as an operetta composer in Paris.

Varney composed around forty operettas, including extremely successful works such as Fanfan la Tulipe (1882), Babolin (1885), Les Petits Mousquetaires (1885), La falote (1896), Le papa de Francine (1896) and L'âge d'or . He also composed several ballet pantomimes (including Princesse Idéa , 1895).

Works

  • De bric et de broc (Libretto: Louis François Clairville , Armand Liorat ), Revue, 1876
  • II signor Pulcinella (libretto: Frantz Beauvallet , Marc Leprévost ), Bouffonnerie musicale, 1876
  • Babel revue (Libretto: Paul Burani , Edouard Philippe ), 1879
  • Les Amoureux de Boulotte (Libretto: Paul Albert , P. Calixte ), operetta, 1870
  • Les Sirènes de Bougival (Libretto: Amédée de Jallais ), operetta, 1879
  • Les mousquetaires au couvent (Libretto: Paul Ferrier, Jules Prével), 1880
  • La reine des Halles (libretto: Alfred Delacour , Victor Bernard , Paul Burani ), operetta, 1881
  • Coquelicot (Libretto: Armand Silvestre ), Operetta, 1882
  • La petite reinette (Libretto: William Busnach , Charles Clairville ), operetta, 1882
  • Fanfan la tulipe (libretto: Paul Ferrier, Jules Prével), operetta, 1882
  • Babolin (Libretto: Paul Ferrier , Jules Prével), Operetta, 1884
  • Joséphine (Libretto: Albert Millaud ), Operetta, 1884
  • Les petits mousquetaires (libretto: Paul Ferrier , Jules Prével), operetta, 1885
  • L'amour mouillé (libretto: Jules Prével, Armand Liorat), operetta, 1887
  • Dix jours aux Pyrénées (Libretto: Paul Ferrier), operetta, 1887
  • Divorcée (Libretto: Raoul Toché ), operetta, 1888
  • La japonaise (libretto: Albert Millaud , Émile de Najac ), operetta, 1888
  • La Vénus d'Arles (libretto: Paul Ferrier, Armand Liorat), operetta, 1889
  • La fée aux chèvres (Libretto: Paul Ferrier, Albert Vanloo ), operetta, 1890
  • La fille de Fanchon la vielleuse (Libretto: Armand Liorat, William Busnach, Jules Prével, A. Fonteny); Operetta, 1891
  • La femme de Narcisse (Libretto: Fabrice Carré ), operetta, 1892
  • Le brilliant Achille (Libretto: Charles Clairville, Ferdinand Bessier ), operetta, 1892
  • Miss Robinson (Libretto: Paul Ferrier), operetta, 1892
  • Cliquette (Libretto: Charles Clairville, William Busnach), operetta, 1893
  • Les forains (libretto: Maxime Boucheron , Antony Mars ), operetta, 1894
  • La fille de Paillasse (Libretto: Armand Liorat, Louis Leloir ), operetta, 1894
  • Les petites Brebis (Libretto: Armand Liorat); Operetta, 1895
  • La belle épicière (Libretto: Pierre Decourcelle , Henri Kéroul ), operetta, 1895
  • La falote (Libretto: Armand Liorat, Maurice Ordonneau ), operetta, 1896
  • Le papa de Francine (Libretto: Victor de Cottens , Paul Gavault ), operetta, 1896
  • Le pompier de service (Libretto: Victor de Cottens, Paul Gavault), operetta, 1897
  • Pour sa couronne (Libretto: Fordyce), operetta, 1897
  • Les demoiselles des Saint-Cyriens (with Ludwig Englander , libretto: Paul Gavault, Victor de Cottens); Operetta, 1898
  • La tour de bois (Libretto: Jules Oudot , Henri de Gorsse ), operetta, 1898
  • Les petites Barnett (Libretto: Paul Gavault), operetta, 1898
  • La fiancée de Thylda (Libretto: Victor de Cottens, Robert Charvay ), operetta, 1900
  • Frégolinette (libretto: Victor de Cottens), operetta, 1900
  • Mademoiselle George (libretto: Victor de Cottens, Pierre Véber ), operetta, 1900
  • Princesse Bébé (Libretto: Pierre Decourcelle, Georges Berr ), operetta, 1902
  • Le Voyage avant la noce (Libretto: Victor de Cottens, Robert Charvay), operetta, 1902
  • Le chien du régiment (Libretto: Pierre Decourcelle), operetta, 1902
  • L'âge d'or (Libretto by Georges Feydeau, Maurice Desvallières ), Fairy Game, 1905
personal data
SURNAME Varney, Louis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French composer
DATE OF BIRTH May 30, 1844
PLACE OF BIRTH New Orleans
DATE OF DEATH August 20, 1908
Place of death Paris