Paul Burani

Paul Burani

Paul Burani (real name: Urbain Roucoux) (Paris, 26 March 1845 - Paris, 9 October 1901), was a French author, actor, song-writer and librettist.

He had a short career as an actor at the Théâtre de Belleville and in the French provinces, after which he directed a journal, Le Café-Concert. At the commencement of his career as a song-writer he used the name Burani, an anagram of his first name.

Works

He collaborated on libretti for the following operas:

La Reine des Halles at the Théâtre de la Comédie-Parisienne (1881)

Le Sire de Fisch Ton Kan was a popular song during the Paris Commune (1871), with words by Paul Burani and music by Antonin Louis, which denounced Napoléon III who was leading France to military disasters; the song contains many plays on words.[3]

References

  1. Lamb A. Léon Vasseur. In: The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. Macmillan, London and New York, 1997.
  2. Delage, R. Emmanuel Chabrier. Fayard, Paris, 1999.
  3. Duneton C. Histoire de la chanson française. Seuil, Paris, 1998. ISBN 978-2-02-017285-1, ISBN 978-2-02-017286-8.