René de Buxeuil

A young man, De Buxeuil attended le Bijou-Concert and met Montmartre chansonniers Xavier Privas, Paul Delmet and Eugène Lemercier.

At Théâtre de la Gaîté, he met Georgel [fr] who sang him some tunes.

He also sang at Gabriel Montoya in Montmartre and founded Les Loups, a literary society where Jehan Rictus rubbed shoulders with Gaston Couté, Steinlen, Émile Verhaeren or Willette.

He signed his first successes interpreted by Junka, including L'âme des violons, Ferme tes jolis yeux [fr], etc.

A member of the Action française, de Buxeuil authored the music of its hymn La Royale and numerous other royalist songs.