Philippe Tatartcheff Explained

Philippe Tatartcheff
Background:non_performing_personnel
Birth Place:Geneva, Switzerland
Origin:Ontario, Canada
Occupation:Poet, songwriter

Philippe Tatartcheff (born in Geneva, Switzerland) is a Canadian poet and songwriter. He is best known as the lyricist who wrote French language songs recorded by folk duo Kate & Anna McGarrigle.[1]

Origins and early life

Tatartcheff's family was originally from the Swiss Cantons of Geneva, Vaud, Neuchatel and Fribourg. After moving to Montreal in the early 1950s, they eventually settled in Timmins, Ontario, where his father, Dr. Michael Tatartcheff, was a physician and surgeon, and the town doctor.[1] His grandfather, Dr. Assen Tatartcheff, was a member of the Macedonian Liberation Front IMRE.

Tatartcheff attended a French collège classique in Timmins, then McGill University before leaving for Paris in early 1969, to study for a master's in French literature[1] at the Sorbonne, where he presented a thesis on the subject of Jules Vallès.[2] While at McGill, he met Anna McGarrigle, who was studying at Beaux-Arts at the time (1964-1968).[1]

Career

In 1974, after Tatartcheff's return to Montreal, Anna McGarrigle asked him to help her write a song, which became "Complainte pour Ste. Catherine", featured on the sisters' debut album, Kate & Anna McGarrigle[1] As McGarrigle recalled many years later:

Tatartcheff would go on to contribute a total of twenty-four songs recorded by the McGarrigle sisters, most of them in French.

At some stage, he also became a farmer in Dunham, Quebec, according to the sleeve notes of the album The McGarrigle Hour.[2]

List of songs

with Anna McGarrigle
with Kate McGarrigle
with both Kate and Anna McGarrigle
solo (recorded by Kate and Anna McGarrigle)
solo

Videos

Tatartcheff has also uploaded some videos:[13]

Bibliography

Book: Lanken, Dane . 2007 . Kate and Anna McGarrigle Songs and Stories . Canada . Penumbra Press . 978-18-9732-304-5.

Book: Lanken, Dane . 2007 . Thirty-three Kate and Anna McGarrigle Songs . Canada . Penumbra Press . 978-18-9732-305-2.

Book: McGarrigle, Anna & Jane . 2015 . Mountain City Girls . Canada . Penguin Random House . 978-0-345-81402-9.

Notes and References

  1. Book: McGarrigle, Anna & Jane . 2015 . Mountain City Girls . Canada . Penguin Random House . 978-0-345-81402-9.
  2. Web site: Forever And The Same. A longtime collaborator, Philippe contributed many lyrics in French and English to various Kate and Anna projects. Still, it's a long way from Jules Vallès, the subject of his U. of Paris Master's thesis, to keeping those cows milked in Dunham, Quebec.. The McGarrigle Hour (at albumlinernotes.com). August 1998. 4 February 2016.
  3. Complainte pour Ste-Catherine, full text: Texte des paroles de la Complainte pour Ste-Catherine, de Philippe Tatartcheff — tel que paru sur l'album Entre Lajeunesse et la sagesse – The French Record (1981).
  4. Sleeve notes from Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Warner Brothers K 56218, 1976.
  5. Sleeve notes from Dancer with Bruised Knees, Warner Brothers K 56356, 1977.
  6. Sleeve notes from french record, Hannibal Records HNBL 1302, 1980.
  7. Sleeve notes from Heartbeats Accelerating, Private Music 261 142, 1990.
  8. Sleeve notes from Matapedia, Hannibal Records HNCD 1394, 1996.
  9. Sleeve notes from The McGarrigle Hour, Hannibal Records HNCD 1417, 1998.
  10. Sleeve notes from Pronto Monto, Warner Brothers K 56561, 1978.
  11. Web site: Canada vignettes. La valse du maître draveur. Channel ONF @ youtube.com . National Film Board of Canada. 1978. 6 February 2016.
  12. Sleeve notes from La vache qui pleure, Munich Records MRCD 260, 2003.
  13. Web site: Philippe Tatartcheff on Vimeo. vimeo.com. 4 February 2016.
  14. Web site: Approaching Montreal. vimeo.com. 6 September 2011. 4 February 2016.
  15. Web site: Cows in Snow. vimeo.com. 22 July 2008. 4 February 2016.
  16. Web site: Dogs in Snow. vimeo.com. 29 November 2008. 4 February 2016.
  17. Web site: Frelighsburg morning. vimeo.com. 26 August 2008. 4 February 2016.

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