Yvette Guilbert

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Yvette Guilbert (b. January 20, 1865, Paris – d. February 4, 1944, Aix-en-Provence) was a music-hall singer and actress. Born into a poor family as Emma Laure Esther Guilbert, Guilbert began singing as a child but at age sixteen worked as a model at the Printemps department store in Paris. She was discovered by a journalist. She took voice and acting lessons on the side that by 1886 led to appearances on stage at smaller venues. Guilbert debuted at the Variette Theatre in 1888. She eventually sang at the popular Eldorado club, then at the Jardin de Paris before headlining in Montmartre at the Moulin Rouge in 1890. For her act, she was usually dressed in bright yellow with long black gloves and stood almost perfectly still, gesturing with her long arms as she sang. An innovator, she performed raunchy songs of tragedy and lost love about the Parisian poverty from which she had come. Guilbert broke and rewrote all the rules with her audacious lyrics, and the audiences loved her. She was noted in France, England, and the United States at the beginning of the twentieth century for her songs and imitations of the common people of France. She was a favorite subject of artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, who made many portraits and caricatures of Guilbert and dedicated his second album of sketches to her. Guilbert made successful tours of England and Germany, and the United States in 1895-1896. She performed at Carnegie Hall in New York City. Even in her fifties, her name still had

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100 Chants De Noël

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47 enregistrements originaux (1933 et 1934)

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Les génies de la chanson : Yvette Guilbert

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Chansons françaises des années 1900 : Yvette Guilbert, Vol. 1

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100 Chansons Francaises de Légende CD3

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20 Original French Hits

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Du Caf' Conc au Music-Hall (1900-1950) en 50 volumes - Vol. 22/50

Anthologie De La Chanson Française - L'esprit Montmartrois (1900-1920)

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Yvette Guilbert: La Fée Carabosse

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