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Guy Lafarge (Périgueux, 5 May 1904 - Paris, 17 December 1990) was a French composer of operettas and popular songs.

Selected compositions

Operettas

• Niquette (1930)
• Carabas et Cie (1932)
• Monsieur Papillon (1934)
• La Course à l'amour (1941)
• Il faut marier maman (1950)
• La Leçon d'amour dans un parc (1951)
• Un chapeau de paille d'Italie (Strasbourg, 1966)
• L'Œuf à voiles (Nantes, 1977)
• Le Petit Café (Mulhouse, 1980) and La Cagnotte (Lille) with Jack Ledru

Chansons

• "La Seine", with lyrics by Flavien Monod (paroles) was first sung by fr:Renée Lamy Pathé 78 and won the Prix de Deauville in 1948. The song was also covered by fr:Lina Margy, fr:Jacqueline François, Maurice Chevalier and Colette Renard, as well as by Bing Crosby on the 1953 album Le Bing: Song Hits of Paris.
• "La Belle amour", lyrics by Francis Carco, entry of France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1957

Film music

• Music for the 1953 film La môme vert-de-gris.

References

1. Benoît Duteurtre L'opérette en France 1997 - 202029902X Page 153 "Musicien raffiné, entre opérette classique et comédie musicale, Guy Lafarge (1904-1990) donnait avant-guerre Niquette (1930), Carabas et Cie (1932) sur des rythmes de rumba ou Monsieur Papillon (1934). Pendant la guerre, il compose La Course à l'amour (1941) où débute le jeune Guétary. Dans les années 1950, il donne plusieurs ouvrages humoristiques: Il faut marier maman (1950) sur un livret de Marc Cab, créé notamment par Denise Grey ; puis un « marivaudage » : La Leçon d'amour dans un parc (1951) ; et une « folie...Lafarge composera encore de nombreuses pièces créées en province : Un chapeau de paille d'Italie (Strasbourg, 1966), L'Œuf à voiles (Nantes, 1977), Le Petit Café (Mulhouse, 1980), composé avec Jack Ledru, et d'autres partitions restées inédites, dans le vent"

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