Émile Debraux

Paul Émile Debraux (30 August 1796[a] – 12 February 1831), commonly known simply as Émile Debraux, was a French writer, goguettier, poet and singer. He was born in Ancerville, Meuse and died 1831 in Paris. One of his better-known songs was Te souviens-tu? (1817) about two veterans of the Napoleonic Wars encountering each other in the street, composed during the Allied Occupation of France following the country's defeat.

Biography

Paul-Émile Debraux was born in Ancerville (Meuse) on 13 Fructidor, Year IV (August 30, 1796). His father, Claude-Paul Debraux, a bailiff at the justice of the peace, moved to Paris with his family in 1797. Il copiait à l’École de médecine les tables de thèses soutenues à cette faculté, et occupa cette place de 1798 à 1827.[1]

He lived at No. 7 Rue de l'École-de-Médecine. After becoming a widower, he remarried on June 6, 1827, and died six years later, on April 30.

Paul-Émile was therefore born from the first marriage.[2]

He studied at Imperial High School.

He studied at the Lycée Impérial. He was employed at the library of the School of Medicine. Henri Avenel, in his biography, wrote: “He remained in this position for only a short time, from 1816 to 1817.[3]»

Notes

  1. ^ In the French Republican Calendar in use at the time of his birth, the date was recorded as "13 Fructidor Year IV"

References

  1. ^ Document consultable sur Gallica
  2. ^ Paul Jarry, Les Chansons de nos grand'mères, Bulletin de la Société archéologique, historique et artistique Le Vieux Papier, tome XII, pp.4 et 5, 1913.
  3. ^ Henri Avenel, Chansons et chansonniers, C. Marpon et E. Flammarion éditeurs, Paris 1890.
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