{{Infobox person | name = Henri Fursy | image =Portrait de Henri Fursy (1866-1929) par Edouard Stebbing Photographe (18..-1915)..jpg | alt = | caption =Fursy around 1908 by Édouard Stebbing{{sfn|Pradels|1908|p=448}} | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1866|02|26|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Paris]], France | death_date = {{Death date and age|1929|04|14|1866|02|26|df=y}} | death_place = [[Nice]], France | nationality = French | other_names = | occupation = Cabaret Singer | known_for = }} '''Henri Fursy''' or '''Furcy''' (real name '''Henri Dreyfus''', 26 February 1866 - 14 April 1929) was a French cabaret singer, director and lyricist. ==Life== [[File:Sem Fursy.jpg|thumb|upright|Caricature of Fursy by [[Sem (artist)|Sem]] ]] Henri Dreyfus was born on 26 February 1866 in Paris, in the 3rd arrondissement.{{sfn|Acte de naissance}} 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.{{sfn|Valbel|Hugues|1895|p=285-288}}{{sfn|Bercy|1902|p=144-148}}{{sfn|Millanvoye|1909|p=143-148}} Henri Fursy was made ​​a Knight of the [[Legion of Honour]] in 1927.{{sfn|DREYUS, Henri: Leonore}} He died in [[Nice]] on 14 April 1929.{{sfn|Fursy (1867-1929): Bibliothèque nationale}}{{sfn|Brunschwig|Calvet|Klein|1972|p=161}} 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.{{sfn|Acte de naissance}}{{sfn|Michaud|1929|p=17}} He is buried in the cemetery of Montparnasse.{{sfn|Michaud|1929|p=17}} == Bibliography== * Chansons rosses, Ollendorff, 1898, cover illlustration 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''' {{reflist |colwidth=30em}} '''Sources''' {{refbegin}} *{{cite |ref={{harvid|Acte de naissance}} |title=Acte de naissance #3/385/1866|work= Archives de l’état civil de Paris|year=1866|others=Marginal note records 1923 marriage with Germaine Georgette Mignot.}} *{{cite book |ref=harv |last=Bercy|first=Léon de |others=Illustrations by [[Charles Léandre]] |url=http://www.archive.org/stream/montmartreetses00goog#page/n169/mode/2up |title=Montmartre et ses chansons : Poètes et chansonniers |location=Paris |publisher=H. Daragon|year=1902}} *{{cite book|ref=harv |last1=Brunschwig|first1=Chantal|last2=Calvet|first2=Louis-Jean|last3=Klein|first3=Jean-Claude |title=100 ans de chanson française|location=Paris|publisher=[[Éditions du Seuil]]|year=1972}} *{{cite web |ref={{harvid|DREYUS, Henri: Leonore}} |url=http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/leonore_fr?ACTION=CHERCHER&FIELD_1=COTE&VALUE_1=LH%2F803%2F70 |title=DREYUS, Henri|work=Leonore |publisher=Ministry of Culture |accessdate=2013-09-23}} *{{cite web |ref={{harvid|Fursy (1867-1929): Bibliothèque nationale}} |url=http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14828289k/PUBLIC |title=Fursy (1867-1929) |work=Catalogue général |publisher=[[Bibliothèque nationale de France]]}} *{{cite journal |ref=harv |last=Michaud|first=Albert |url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5717653b/f17 |title=Nos deuils |journal=[[Le Cornet]] |volume=24 |issue=4 |date=April-May 1929}} *{{cite book |ref=harv|url=http://www.archive.org/stream/anthologiedespo00mill#page/142/mode/2up |last=Millanvoye|first=Bertrand|title=Anthologie des poètes de Montmartre : Notes biographiques et bibliographiques |location=Paris |publisher=Société d'éditions littéraires et artistiques (Paul Ollendorff)|year=1909}} *{{cite book |ref=harv |last=Pradels|first=Octave|title=Trente ans de café-concert, souvenirs de Paulus (300 illustrations, 60 chansons) |location=Paris |publisher=Société d'édition et de publications |year=1908|pages=460}} *{{cite book |ref=harv |last1=Valbel|first1=Horace|last2=Hugues|first2=Clovis |authorlink2=Clovis Hugues |others=Illustrated by Alfred Le Petit |url=http://www.archive.org/stream/leschansonniers00hugugoog#page/n311/mode/2up |title=Les chansonniers et les cabarets artistiques |location=Paris|publisher=E. Dentu|year=1895}} {{refend}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Fursy, Henri}} [[Category:1866 births]] [[Category:1929 deaths]] [[Category:French singers]]