Philippe Tatartcheff

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
with Kate McGarrigle
with both Kate and Anna McGarrigle

Notes and references

  1. Philippe Tatartcheff Official Web Site, with some songs from his podcast, or some of his song texts in English (ou en français).
  2. (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).