Robert Gabriel Guillaume Casadesus, known as Robert Casa (23 January 1878 in Paris, France – 30 May 1940) was a French

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and def ...

, singer and stage and film actor. He was a member of a prominent French musical family, and best known today as the father of the famous classical pianist

Robert Casadesus Robert Marcel Casadesus (; 7 April 1899 – 19 September 1972) was a renowned 20th-century France, French pianist and composer. He was the most prominent member of a Casadesus, distinguished musical family, being the nephew of Henri Casadesus an ...

. He was the brother of

Henri Casadesus Henri-Gustave Casadesus (30 September 1879 – 31 May 1947) was a violist, viola d'amore player, composer, and music publisher. Early life Born in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, Casadesus received his early musical instruction with Albert L ...

and

Marius Casadesus Marius Casadesus (24 October 1892 – 13 October 1981) was a French violinist and composer. He was the brother of Henri Casadesus, uncle of the famed pianist Robert Casadesus, and grand-uncle to Jean Casadesus. Marius Casadesus achieved perhaps h ...

, and grandfather of Jean Casadesus. He composed several songs, instrumental pieces, and operettas, including ''La Ribaude'' and ''La Reine de l'Or''.

Selected filmography

* '' La Maison de la Fléche'' (1930) * ''

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'' (1931) * '' Ciboulette'' (1933) * ''

Counsel for Romance ''Counsel for Romance'' (French: ''Un mauvais garçon'') is a 1936 French romantic comedy film directed by Jean Boyer and Raoul Ploquin and starring Danielle Darrieux, Henri Garat and Jean Dax. Production The film was made as a co-production ...

'' (1936)

References

Casadesus family site
1878 births 1940 deaths French composers French male composers French male stage actors French male film actors French male silent film actors French male singers Male actors from Paris Musicians from Paris 20th-century French male actors Robert-Guillaume {{france-composer-stub