A French author, composer and performer best known for the classic "La
Paimpolaise", Théodore Botrel is associated with Breton culture, of which he was
a popular broadcaster in the early 20th century. Born in Dinan on September 14,
1868 to a Breton father and Alsatian mother, Jean-Baptiste Théodore-Marie Botrel
began his career in amateur theater before writing his first song, "Le Petit
biniou", at the age of eighteen. In 1895, while working at various odd jobs from
locksmith to clerk at the Compagnie des chemins de fer, the chansonnier made a
name for himself in Parisian cabaret...