Henri Christiné
Henri Marius Christiné (27 December 1867 – 25 November 1941) was a French composer of Swiss birth. The son of a French Savoyard watchmaker, Christiné was born in Geneva, Switzerland. He began by teaching at the lycée in Geneva, while pursuing his interest in music and playing organ in a local church. He married a cafe singer whose troupe was passing through Geneva, and went with her to Nice where they were married. He made his home in France, writing songs firstly for his wife and then for popular singers such as Mayol, Dranem, and Fragson. He also conducted for the music hall at the Place Clichy. Although Christiné wrote some operettas for the Scala theatre in Paris before the First World War, his career took off when he had his operetta Phi-Phi staged the day of the Armistice on 11 November 1918, with words by Albert Willemetz and Fabien Solar and which ran for three years at the Bouffes-Parisiens. This success was followed by Dédé in 1921, Madame (1923) and J'adore ça (1925). These works were in the forefront of a new fashion in music-theatre: sparkling, witty, jazzy musical plays. Christiné's tunes often build on repeated refrains of six or seven notes (a 'hook') which made them catchy and popular for contemporary audiences. In the 1930s Christiné contributed to the renewed fashion for more large-scale spectacular musicals, with pieces for the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, Au temps des Merveilleuses and Yana; for these he wrote the more vibrant numbers, while Richepin did the romantic songs. "Le Bonheur, Mesdames" and "Le Flirt ambulant" were rearrangements of his songs from the 1900s. He died in Nice, France. Phi-Phi and Dédé are still occasionally revived in France. |
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Recordings (Results 51-71 of 71 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Columbia (U.K.) | WL2686 | 10-in. | 12/24/1930 | Java et Java | Pierre Chagnon ; Georges Milton ; Orchestre de Jazz | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WL2733 | 10-in. | 1/14/1931 | Polka des camelots | René Derval | Male vocal solo, with accordion and piano | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WL3156 | 10-in. | 6/4/1931 | Mais on n'y pense pas! | Pierre Chagnon ; Montel | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WL3696 | 10-in. | 5/4/1932 | Le long du Missouri | Pierre Chagnon ; Priolet | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | CL4741 | 10-in. | 3/6/1934 | Un petit négro | Marcel Carivan ; Michel Simon | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | CL4742 | 10-in. | 3/6/1934 | Elle est épatante | Marcel Carivan ; Michel Simon | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | CL4807 | 10-in. | 4/11/1934 | Je sais que vous êtes jolie | André Ekyan ; Django Reinhardt ; Jean Sablon ; Alec Siniavine | Male vocal solo, with guitar, clarinet, and piano | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | CL5057 | 10-in. | 10/15/1934 | Je m'donne | Pierre Chagnon ; Albert Préjean | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | CL5058 | 10-in. | 10/15/1934 | Dans la vie faut pas s'en faire | Pierre Chagnon ; Albert Préjean | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | CL5063 | 10-in. | 10/15/1934 | Pour bien réussir dans la chaussure | Pierre Chagnon ; Albert Préjean | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | CL5565 | 10-in. | 1/17/1936 | On m'appelle "la poule" | Pierre Chagnon ; Adrien Lamy | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | CL5566 | 10-in. | 1/17/1936 | Ah! La belle époque | Pierre Chagnon ; Adrien Lamy ; Blanche Montel | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | CL5568 | 10-in. | 1/17/1936 | Chéri | Robert Burnier ; Pierre Chagnon ; Blanche Montel | Female-male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | CL6815 | 10-in. | 10/13/1938 | Reviens | Marcel Carivan ; Tino Rossi | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
Columbia (U.K.) | CL7146 | 10-in. | 11/10/1939 | Tommy et la petite française | Lucienne Boyer | Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | CL7354 | 10-in. | 11/6/1940 | Sélection de l'opérette "Phi-Phi" | Raymond Legrand ; Raymond Legrand Orchestra | Instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | CL7355 | 10-in. | 11/6/1940 | Sélection de l'opérette "Phi-Phi" | Raymond Legrand ; Raymond Legrand Orchestra | Instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | CL7371 | 10-in. | 12/27/1940 | Succès d'hier & de toujours | Eva Busch ; Jacques Météhen | Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | songwriter | |
Columbia (U.K.) | CL7906 | 10-in. | 3/9/1944 | Malgré tes serments | Aimé Barelli ; Lucienne Delyle | Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | lyricist | |
Columbia (U.K.) | CL8545 | 10-in. | 4/26/1948 | Malgré tes serments | Aimé Barelli ; Lucienne Delyle | Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | lyricist | |
Columbia (U.K.) | CL9478 | 10-in. | 6/10/1953 | Ma tonkinoise | Josephine Baker ; Jo Bouillon | Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | songwriter |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Christiné, Henri," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/104063.
Christiné, Henri. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/104063.
"Christiné, Henri." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.
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