Tag: 18th arrondissement
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Walk 13 – Abbesses
Tito Leoni(CHEFS D’ORCHESTRES)20 Rue André Antoine, 75018 Paris, France Accordionist and composer Tito Leoni led his own orchestra in Paris. He recorded a number of discs for the Ducretet Thomson label, and published tango and paso doble sheet music. He had a Saturday night residency, with the singer Andre Nau, at the Mon Club. A…
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Walk 12 – Mur des je t’aime
Jean Boulay(ARTISTES LYRIQUES)7 Rue la Vieuville, 75018 Paris, France Baritone Jean Boulay has had a long career as a director, teacher and theatre/radio performer. In 1961 he attended the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, where he obtained first prize in singing. He worked with the Compagnie des Baladins Lyriques and the Théâtre de…
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Walk 11 – Dalida
Michel (Miguel) Ramos(CHEFS D’ORCHESTRES / Piano)15 Rue Burq, 75018 Paris, France Miguel Ramos was a Spanish organist and arranger who rose to prominence in Paris under the name Michel Ramos (and sometimes with the pseudonym Virginie Morgan). During the Spanish civil war he moved to France, where he lived in exile until the late 1960s.…
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Minuit Chanson – Objet 8b
Find this object on the 18th arrondissement Walk 8 – Pigalle Minuit Chanson(Record shop)44 Bd de Clichy, 75018 Paris, France Minuit Chanson was a record shop arcade where you placed tokens in slots and were able to listen to popular gramophone records of the day. It was famously painted by the artist Edward Burra. He…
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Theatre de 10 heures – Objet 8a
Find this object on the 18th arrondissement Walk 8 – Pigalle Theatre de 10 heures(CHANSONNIERS)36 Bd de Clichy, 75018 Paris, France In the heart of Pigalle this theatre opened in 1890 as the Cabaret des Arts. In 1925, it was taken over by Roger Ferréol who renamed it Théâtre de Dix Heures. Over the years…
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Escalier Rue Chappe – Objet 6
Rue Chappe is named after the French engineer, inventor of the aerial telegraph, Claude Chappe (1763-1805). Find this object on the Walk 6 – Escaliers de Montmartre Michel Sardou(CHANTEURS ET CHANTEUSES)20 Rue Chappe, 75018 Paris, France With 25 studio albums, 350 songs, and more than 90 million records sold throughout his career, Michel Sardou is…
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Mauricet – Objet 10
Find this object on the 18th arrondissement Walk 10 – Lapin Agile Mauricet(CHANSONNIERS)11 Rue Saint-Vincent Montmartrois chansonnier Georges Maurice Renaut was a theatre and film actor, playwright and director. He studied engineering at the l’Ecole Centrale before the life of an artist beckoned. He needed a name fit for a performer, it was fellow chansonnier…
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Walk 10 – Lapin Agile
Lucien Arnaud(COMÉDIENS)25 Rue du Mont-Cenis, 75018 Paris, France One of the great and relatively unknown theatre actors of the first half of the twentieth century, Lucien Arnaud had a forty year career on the stage. It was a chance encounter with theatre manager and director Charles Dullin that lured Arnaud into the spotlight. At the…
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Robert Piquet – Objet 5
Find this object on the 18th arrondissement Walk 5 – Bateau Lavoir Robert Piquet(ARTISTE LYRIQUES)55 Rue des Trois Frères, 75018 Paris, France Actor, singer and dancer known for his light classical and operetta records during the 1950s and 60s. In 1970 he sang in the vocal quartet Les Poivre et Sel, alongside Dominique Tirmont, Francis…
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Walk 8 – Pigalle
Pierre Peloux(COMÉDIENS)5 Rue Houdon, 75018 Paris, France Pierre Peloux was a radio, stage, television and cinema actor. In the 1950s you could have seen him at the Théâtre de l’Œuvre in the play Notre peau by José-André Lacour. In the 1960s he starred in the epic film Austerlitz (1960) with Claudia Cardinale and Orson Welles.…
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