Félix Baumaine, full name Félix Gratien Baumaine (4 December 1828Archives de la Marne, commune de Reims, birth certificate n°1326, year 1828 (page 331/353) – 3 January 1881Archives des Hauts de Seine, commune de Courbevoie, death certificate n°4, year 1881 (accessdate 5 May 2015)), was a 19th-century French playwright, composer and chansonnier.
The son of Joseph Baumaine, director of the shows in the city of Reims, Felix Baumaine is known for his collaboration with Charles Blondelet with whom he composed many songs played especially in cafés-concerts. He was thus himself the author of 1300 songs. During the last years of his life, Félix Baumaine was administrator of the Café des Ambassadeurs. He was the father of actress Juliette Baumaine.
Biography Son of Joseph Baumaine, director of entertainment for the city of Reims, Félix Baumaine is known for his collaboration with Charles Blondelet, with whom he composed numerous songs that were performed in café-concerts.He himself wrote 1,300 songs. During the last years of his life, Félix Baumaine was the manager of the Café des Ambassadeurs. He is the father of actress Juliette Baumaine.
Works 1868: Le beau Paris, in collaboration with Charles Blondelet, saynete-bouffe set in music by Léon Roques; Egrot 1879: L'assommoir procédé d'une conférence sur l'Assommoir, ambiguë parodie in one act in collaboration with Charles Blondelet; Le Bailly
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