Alexandre Barrière

Alexis Barrière, full name Daniel Alexandre François Barrière, also called Barrière aîné, (Paris 22 October 1792 – ca. 1865 [1]) was a 19th-century Frenchy playwright, engraver and song writer.

Biography

An engraver, trained by his father, he drew a part of the campaign plans for the marshal Laurent de Gouvion-Saint-Cyr as well as maps of Swabia, Russia, Corsica or Spain and of the county Mayo. [2] He also made prints for the library.

His plays were presented on the most famous Parisian stages of the 19th century: Théâtre du Vaudeville, Théâtre des Variétés, Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique, etc.

His songs were published in 1829 in the book Étrennes lyriques ou Recueil de romances et nocturnes, with piano or harpes accompagnements by Antoine Romagnesi.

Plays and songs

References

  1. ↑ Last known date of his belonging to the Société des auteurs et compositeurs dramatiques.
  2. ↑ Charles Le Blanc, Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant: Un dictionnaire des graveurs, 1854, p. 155

Bibliography

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