Pierre-Joseph Charrin
Pierre-Joseph Charrin (2 February 1784 – 25 April 1863) was a 19th-century French poet, chansonnier, playwright and goguettier. He was a member of the Caveau moderne and founder, in 1813, of the Soupers de Momus. 14 August 1814, he was received in the Caveau lyonnais.
Pierre-Joseph Charrin
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- Born
- 2 February 1784
- Birthplace
- Lyon
- Died
- 24 April 1863
- Place of death
- Écouen
- Occupation
- Poet Chansonnier
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On that occasion he wrote reception couplets. In 1815, in collaboration with César de Proisy d'Eppe, Alexis Eymery, René Perrin and Joseph Tastu, he was one of the five editors of the Dictionnaire des girouettes, ou Nos contemporains peints d'après eux-mêmes.. Par une société de girouettes.. This 444 pages book which stigmatized the opportunists of the period 1789-1815, including illustrious members of the Caveau moderne such as Pierre-Antoine-Augustin de Piis and Emmanuel Dupaty, contributed to the demise of that society in 1817.
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• Born — 2 February 1784 • Birthplace — Lyon • Died — 24 April 1863 • Place of death — Écouen • Occupation — Poet Chansonnier
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• Poetry • 1808: Le Cimetière de village; Tobie, ou les Captifs de Ninive; mes Loisirs • 1817: le Passe-temps • 1825: Album poétique. • Theatre • Songs • 1816: L'Enfant lyrique du Carnaval, published by Ourry, includes the song Les Amours d'un jeune Tambour. It was wrongly attributed to M. Delorme. • 1817: Les Passe-Tems d'un momusien, ou Chansons et poésies by P.-J. Charrin • 1817: Les soirées de famille. Tome 1, contes, nouvelles, traits historiques et anecdotes; recueil philosophique, moral et divertissant • Les Passe-Tems d'un momusien, ou Chansons et poésies de P.-J. Charrin, Membre de plusieurs Académies, Convive des soupers de Momus, etc. Ornés de 4 Gravures et de 8 Airs notés. Locard et Davi éditeurs, Paris 1817, 201 pages. • The collection by Théophile-Marion Dumersan and Noël Ségur, Chansons nationales et populaires de France précédées d'une Histoire de la chanson française et accompagnées de notes historiques et littéraires, 17th edition, reworked ans augmented, Garnier frères éditeur, Paris 1866, contains 12 songs by Pierre-Joseph Charrin.
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- 1.Charrin annonce sa qualité de fondateur des Soupers de Momus on the cover of the Album poétique, ou Choix de romances et de chansons des auteurs les plus connus, recueillies par J.-P. Charrin, Membre de plusieurs Académies, Convive, Fondateur des Soupers de Momus. The initials of the two names have been reversed here by mistake.
- 2.Conseils Épicuriens, à mes Confrères les Membres du Caveau lyonnais, Couplets de réception, chantés au Banquet du 14 août 1814.
- 3.A rectification for the attribution is inserted in L'Enfant lyrique du Carnaval de 1818.
- 4.Pages containing references of the 12 songs from Charrin.
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- La Muse gauloise. Journal de la chanson par tous et pour tous., numéro 8, 15 juin 1863.
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