Théodore Botrel
Jean-Baptiste-Théodore-Marie Botrel (born December 14, 1868 in Dinan , † July 26, 1925 in Pont-Aven ) was a French chansonnier.
Botrel grew up in Brittany before moving to Paris with his parents. There he did various odd jobs, including on the railroad. He made his debut as a singer at Cabaret Le Chien Noir . He presented himself as a Breton folk singer and had great success in 1895 with the chanson La Paimpolaise . He published his first collection of chansons in 1898. Around 1900 he founded La Bonne Chanson , a Catholic-conservative and patriotic movement for a “clean” culture.
He had further successes with titles such as Lilas blanc (1904), Les Mouchoirs rouge de Cholet , La Fleur de Lys and others. He joined the Ligue Patritique of the nationalist politician Paul Déroulède and sang militaristic propaganda songs like Ma p'tite Mimi (on the machine gun, French mitrailleuse ), Rosalie (on the bayonet as the soldier's best - and naked - during the First World War . Girlfriend), La Kaiseriole , Au front and Tant pis pour eux . This earned him the official title of Chansonnier des Armées . Botrel was the grandfather of the singer Renaud Detressan .
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- Cimetières de France et d'ailleurs - Botrel, Théodore
- Université de Montréal - De la Bretagne au Québec: le succès de Théodore Botrel (1868-1925), chansonnier breton
- Le Hall de la chanson - Théodore Botrel
- Stefan Hanheide, Claudia Glunz, Dietrich Helms, Thomas F. Schneider (eds.): "Music takes a stand: Functionalizations of music in the First World War" , V&R unipress GmbH, 2013, ISBN 9783847102069 , p. 194
- Jeffrey Duban: "The Lesbian Lyre: Reclaiming Sappho for the 21st Century" , CLAIRVIEW BOOKS, 2015, ISBN 9781905570799 , p. 40
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Botrel, Théodore |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Botrel, Jean-Baptiste-Théodore-Marie (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French chansonnier |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 14, 1868 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dinan |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 26, 1925 |
| Place of death | Pont-Aven |