Henri Fursy

Henri Fursy or Furcy (real name Henri Dreyfus, 26 February 1866 - 14 April 1929) was a French cabaret singer, director and lyricist.

Life

Caricature of Fursy by Sem

Henri Dreyfus was born on 26 February 1866 in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris.^[2]

Under the stage name of Henri Fursy, he was a chansonnier, a singer of humorous songs, in Montmartre. He also directed several cabarets as a manager or owner, including the famous Le Chat Noir (The Black Cat), which he bought after the death of Rodolphe Salis and renamed La Boîte à Fursy (The Fursy Box). He also wrote songs for several Parisian artists of the early 20th century.^[3][4][5]

Henri Fursy was made a Knight of the Legion of Honour in 1927.^[6]He died in Nice on 14 April 1929.^[7][8]Albert Michaud published a tribute after his death in Le Cornet (The Horn) where he says Fursy left a young widow and an adopted girl.^[2][9]He is buried in the cemetery of Montparnasse.^[9]

Bibliography

• Chansons rosses, Ollendorff, 1898, cover illustration by Léandre.
• Chansons rosses, part 2, Ollendorff, 1899, cover illustration by Gründ.
• Chansons de La Boîte (chansons rosses, part 3), Société d'éditions littéraires et artistiques, 1902.
• Chansons rosses, part 4, Ollendorff, 1905.

References

Citations

1. Pradels 1908, p. 448.
2. Acte de naissance.
3. Valbel & Hugues 1895, p. 285-288.
4. Bercy 1902, p. 144-148.
5. Millanvoye 1909, p. 143-148.
6. DREYUS, Henri: Leonore.
7. Fursy (1867-1929): Bibliothèque nationale.
8. Brunschwig, Calvet & Klein 1972, p. 161.
9. Michaud 1929, p. 17.

Sources

• "Acte de naissance #3/385/1866", Archives de l’état civil de Paris, Marginal note records 1923 marriage with Germaine Georgette Mignot., 1866{{citation}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
• Bercy, Léon de (1902). Montmartre et ses chansons : Poètes et chansonniers. Illustrations by Charles Léandre. Paris: H. Daragon.
• Brunschwig, Chantal; Calvet, Louis-Jean; Klein, Jean-Claude (1972). 100 ans de chanson française. Paris: Éditions du Seuil.
• "DREYUS, Henri". Leonore. Ministry of Culture. Retrieved 2013-09-23.
• Fursy (1867-1929). Bibliothèque nationale de France. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
• Michaud, Albert (April–May 1929). "Nos deuils". Le Cornet. 24 (4).
• Millanvoye, Bertrand (1909). Anthologie des poètes de Montmartre : Notes biographiques et bibliographiques. Paris: Société d'éditions littéraires et artistiques (Paul Ollendorff).
• Pradels, Octave (1908). Trente ans de café-concert, souvenirs de Paulus (300 illustrations, 60 chansons). Paris: Société d'édition et de publications. p. 460.
• Valbel, Horace; Hugues, Clovis (1895). Les chansonniers et les cabarets artistiques. Illustrated by Alfred Le Petit. Paris: E. Dentu.