Philippe Tatartcheff

Template:Short description Template:Infobox musical artist 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.<ref name="MCG">Template:Cite book</ref>Template:Rp

Origins and early life

Tatartcheff's family was originally from the Swiss Cantons of Geneva, Vaud, Neuchatel and Fribourg.Template:Citation needed 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.<ref name="MCG"/>Template:Rp His grandfather, Dr. Assen Tatartcheff, was a member of the Macedonian Liberation Front IMRE.Template:Citation needed

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<ref name="MCG"/>Template:Rp at the Sorbonne, where he presented a thesis on the subject of Jules Vallès.<ref name="ALN_TMcGHour">Template:Cite web</ref> While at McGill, he met Anna McGarrigle, who was studying at Beaux-Arts at the time (1964-1968).<ref name="MCG"/>Template:Rp

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<ref name="MCG"/>Template:Rp As McGarrigle recalled many years later: Template:Quote box Template:Clear

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.<ref name="ALN_TMcGHour"/>

"Complainte pour Ste. Catherine"<ref>Template:In lang Complainte pour Ste-Catherine, full text: Template:In lang 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).</ref><ref name="K&AMcG">Sleeve notes from Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Warner Brothers K 56218, 1976.</ref>
"Naufragée du Tendre"<ref name="DwBK">Sleeve notes from Dancer with Bruised Knees, Warner Brothers K 56356, 1977.</ref>
"Mais quand tu danses"<ref name="FR">Sleeve notes from french record, Hannibal Records HNBL 1302, 1980.</ref>
"Excursion à Venise"<ref name="FR"/>
"Avant la guerre"<ref name="FR"/>
"À boire"<ref name="FR"/>
"Rainbow Ride"<ref name="HA">Sleeve notes from Heartbeats Accelerating, Private Music 261 142, 1990.</ref>
"Arbre"<ref name="Mata">Sleeve notes from Matapedia, Hannibal Records HNCD 1394, 1996.</ref>
"Forever and the Same"<ref name="McGHourCD">Sleeve notes from The McGarrigle Hour, Hannibal Records HNCD 1417, 1998.</ref>

"Side of Fries"<ref name="PM">Sleeve notes from Pronto Monto, Warner Brothers K 56561, 1978.</ref>
"Entre Lajeunesse et la sagesse"<ref name="FR"/>
"Cheminant à la ville"<ref name="FR"/>

"Prends ton manteau" (a.k.a. "Pronto Monto")<ref name="PM"/>
"La valse du maître draveur", performed by the Mountain City Four (Written by Wade Hemsworth & translated into French by Philippe Tatartcheff)<ref name="VMD">Template:Cite web</ref>
"Hang Out Your Heart"<ref name="Mata"/>
"Petite annonce amoureuse"<ref name="LaVQP">Sleeve notes from La vache qui pleure, Munich Records MRCD 260, 2003.</ref>
"Ah tournesol"<ref name="LaVQP"/>
"Hurle le vent"<ref name="LaVQP"/>
"La Vache qui pleure"<ref name="LaVQP"/>
"Rose blanche"<ref name="LaVQP"/>
"Tant le monde"<ref name="LaVQP"/>
"Ce matin"<ref name="LaVQP"/>
"Dans le silence"<ref name="LaVQP"/>

Tatartcheff has also uploaded some videos:<ref name="PTVimeo">Template:Cite web</ref>

"Approaching Montreal" (2011)<ref name="VidAM">Template:Cite web</ref>
"Cows in Snow" (2008)<ref name="VidCows">Template:Cite web</ref>
"Dogs in Snow" (2008)<ref name="VidDogs">Template:Cite web</ref>
"Frelighsburg morning" (2008)<ref name="VidFrelighsburg">Template:Cite web</ref>