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Guy Lafarge (Périgueux, 5 May 1904 - Paris, 17 December 1990) was a French composer of operettas and popular songs.[1]

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Selected compositions

Operettas

• Niquette (1930)
• Carabas et Cie (1932)
• Monsieur Papillon (1934)
• La Course à l'amour (1941)
• Il faut marier maman (1950)
• La Leçon d'amour dans un parc (1951)
• Un chapeau de paille d'Italie (Strasbourg, 1966)
• L'Œuf à voiles (Nantes, 1977)
• Le Petit Café (Mulhouse, 1980) and La Cagnotte (Lille) with Jack Ledru

Chansons

• "La Seine", with lyrics by Flavien Monod (paroles) was first sung by fr:Renée Lamy Pathé 78 and won the Prix de Deauville in 1948. The song was also covered by fr:Lina Margy, fr:Jacqueline François, Maurice Chevalier and Colette Renard, as well as by Bing Crosby on the 1953 album Le Bing: Song Hits of Paris.
• "La belle amour", lyrics by Francis Carco, entry of France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1957

Film music

• Music for the 1953 film La môme vert-de-gris.

References

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