Philippe Tatartcheff

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Philippe Tatartcheff (born in Geneva, Switzerland) is a Canadian poet and songwriter who grew up in Timmins, Ontario. His father, Dr. Michael Tatartcheff, was a physician and surgeon in Timmins, and his grandfather, Dr. Assen Tatartcheff, was a member of the Macedonian Liberation Front IMRE. In Switzerland, the family was from the Cantons of Geneva, Vaud, Neuchatel and Fribourg.

Philippe Tatartcheff is best known as the lyricist for French language songs by folk duo Kate and Anna McGarrigle.^[1]

Song texts

with Anna McGarrigle

1975 – Complainte pour Ste-Catherine^[2]
1976 – Naufragée du Tendre
1980 – Mais quand tu danses
1980 – Excursion à Venise
1980 – Avant la guerre
1980 – À boire
1990 – Rainbow Ride
1996 – Arbre
1998 – Forever and the Same

with Kate McGarrigle

1978 – Side of Fries
1980 – Entre Lajeunesse et la sagesse
1980 – Cheminant à la ville
1980 – Prends ton manteau
2003 – Rose blanche

with both Kate and Anna McGarrigle

1978 – Pronto Monto
1996 – Hang Out Your Heart

Notes and references

↑ Philippe Tatartcheff Official Web Site, with some songs from his podcast, or some of his song texts in English (ou en français).
↑ (French) Complainte pour Ste-Catherine, full text: (French) Texte des paroles de la Complainte pour Ste-Catherine, de Philippe Tatartcheff — tel que paru sur l'album Entre Lajeunesse et la sagesse – The French Record" (1981).

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