Francis Tourte
Louis François, better known as Francis Tourte, was a 19th-century French composer, poet, chansonnier and playwright. He was François Tourte's grandson.
He wrote lyrics for more than 500 songs and melodies, whose music he sometimes composed, operettas libretti and theatre plays which were presented on the most important Parisian stages of the 19th century including the Théâtre des Délassements-Comiques, the Théâtre des Variétés, and the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens.
Works
Poetry
- 1841: Brises du matin, poems
- 1843: Rémi ou Croyance et martyre, short story in verse
Theatre
- 1856: Une femme qui n'y est pas, vaudeville in 1 act
- 1859: Le Docteur Tam-Tam, opérette-bouffe in 1 act, music by Frédéric Barbier
- 1861: La Tour de Bondy, folie musicale in 1 act, music by Deblond
- 1861: Si Pontoise le savait !, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act with Paul-Aimé Chapelle and Jules Adenis
- 1863: Madame Pygmalion, opérette-bouffe in 1 act, with Jules Adenis, music by Frédéric Barbier
- 1867: Un bureau de nourrices, folie musicale in 1 act, music by Georges Douay
- 1867: L'Héritage du postillon, operetta in 1 act, with Amédée de Jallais, music by Auguste L'Eveillé
- 1867: Un cœur d'artiste, comedy in 3 acts mingled with song
- 1868: Mlle Marguerite s. v. p., operetta in 4 acts, with Jules Adenis, music by Théodore Lajarte
- 1872: Le Pommier des amours, operetta in 1 act, music by Georges Douay
- 1873: L'Huissier mélomane, operetta in 1 act, music by Albert Barlatier
- 1873: Le Banquier de ma femme, comedy in 1 act
- 1874: On demande une bonne qui boite, operetta in 1 act, music by Sailly
- 1875: Le Meunier, son fils et... l'autre, opéra comique in 1 act, music by Émile Ettling
- 1875: Les Valets modèles, operetta in 1 act, music by Georges Douay
- 1876: La Chasse aux rivaux, operetta in 1 act, music by Jules d'Aoust
- 1888: Le Chapitre des renseignements, comedy in 1 act
- 1897: Un mariage d'autrefois, opéra comique in 1 act, music by Georges Douay, posthumous