Léon Alfred Fourneau (9 December 1867, in Paris – 17 May 1953, in Paris) was a French humourist, music-hall artist, playwright and songwriter. Originally trained as a lawyer he invented the stage- and penname Xanrof by inversion of the Latin fornax of his French surname fourneau ("furnace"), before finally legally changing his name to Léon Xanrof. Yvette Guilbert experienced early success singing Xanrof's songs at Rodolphe Salis' cabaret Le Chat Noir.
Songs
À présent qu'on n'est plus ensemble, dittie, lyrics by Léon Xanrof, music by E. Jaquinot.
Rive gauche, chansons d'étudiants (1888)
Chansons sans-gène (1890)
Chansons parisiennes, répertoire du Chat noir (1890-1891)
Chansons à Madame (1891)
Pochards et pochades, histoires du Quartier Latin (1891)
Chansons à rire (1892)
L'Anarchiste, lyrics and music by Léon Xanrof. P. Dupont, (1892).
L'Amour et la vie, nouvelles (1894)
Lettres ouvertes (1894)
Bébé qui chante (1894)
Chansons ironiques (1895)
La Forme ! la fô.. ô.. orme ! (1897)
Juju, recueil de nouvelles et de saynètes (1897)
L'Œil du voisin, recueil de contes (1897)
De l'autel à l'hôtel (1902)
Une et un font trois (1903)
C'est pour rire (1911)
Le Mécanique de l'Esprit (1931)
Chacun treize à la douzaine (1933)
Theatre
1888: Chez le peintre, farce d'atelier in 1 act, with M. Bernac, Paris, Théâtre d'Application, 8 March
1896: Ohé, l'amour ! revue in 2 tableaux, with Cellarius, Paris, Scala, 18 April
1897: Madame Putiphar, three-act operetta, with Ernest Depré, music byEdmond Diet, Paris, Théâtre de l'Athénée, 27 February
1901: Pour être aimée, three-act comedy, with Michel Carré, Paris, Théâtre de l'Athénée, 27 February
1903: The Prince Consort, three-act comedy, with Jules Chancel, Théâtre de l'Athénée, 25 November, which was used to create the 1929 film Parade d'amour (The Love Parade).
1905: Son premier voyage, comedy in 1 act and 2 tableaux, Paris, Théâtre des Deux Masques, 5 November
1906: En douceur, one-act comedy, with Pierre Veber, Paris, Théâtre des Mathurins, 23 October
1908: Un coup de foudre, three-act vaudeville, Paris, Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques, 16 April
1908: S.A.R. (Son Altesse royale), three-act musical comedy, with Jules Chancel, music by Ivan Caryll, Paris, Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens, 11 November
1910: Rève de valse, three-act operetta, adaptation by Léon Xanrof and Jules Chancel, after F. Dörmann et L. Jacobson, music by Oscar Straus, Paris, Théâtre de l'Apollo
1911: Les Petites étoiles, three-act operetta, with Pierre Veber, music by Henri Hirchmann, Paris, Théâtre Apollo, 23 December
Cinema
1911: La Fête de Marguerite, script by Léon Xanrof, Pathé frères
