Théodore Botrel
French singer-songwriter · France · On the map · Musicians · Lived 1868 to 1925 · aged 56
Jean-Baptiste-Théodore-Marie Botrel was a French singer-songwriter, poet and playwright. He is best known for his popular songs about his native Brittany, of which the most famous is La Paimpolaise. During World War I he became France's official "Bard of the Armies".
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![Botrel's publicity made much of his noble looks. The New York Times quoted the following description: "Even before he opens his mouth you are interested and attracted by his noble and frank bearing. His features are of classical regularity, his complexion pale, his forehead wide and high like that of a deep thinker. Beneath a thick moustache one sees clean-cut lips, and his eyes, keen and penetrating, also have a faraway look."[4]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Th%C3%A9odore_Botrel.jpg/500px-Th%C3%A9odore_Botrel.jpg)
Botrel's publicity made much of his noble looks. The New York Times quoted the following description: "Even before he opens his mouth you are interested and attracted by his noble and frank bearing. His features are of classical regularity, his complexion pale, his forehead wide and high like that of a deep thinker. Beneath a thick moustache one sees clean-cut lips, and his eyes, keen and penetrating, also have a faraway look."[4]
Botrel performing to troops in 1915
Botrel and his wife Léna at the Celtic Congress of Caernarfon, 1904 (in the background, the photographer Émile Hamonic and the linguist Paul Barbier.)Awards
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Country
France
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1868 to 1925 · aged 56
