{{Infobox person | name = | image = Chien et Chat, page de titre de l'ouverture de Georges Douay.JPG | imagesize = | caption = ''Chien et Chat'', cover page of Georges Douay's operture | birth_name = | birth_date = 7 January 1840 | birth_place = Paris | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1919|09|18|1840|01|07}} | death_place = Paris | othername = | occupation = Composer, collector | years_active = | spouse = | signature = }}
'''Georges Douay''' (7 January 1840 – 18 September 1919) was a French 19th–20th century composer and collector.
== Biography == A trendy composer in the years 1860–1870, he was responsible for numerous songs and music of operettas. At his death, he bequeathed the Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal a rich collection of over 50,000 artifacts on theater, which included printed materials, 700 engravings and 1500 manuscripts. This collection was the origin of the theatrical direction of the establishment.<ref>*[http://www.bnf.fr/fr/collections_et_services/anx_fds_col/a.fonds_georges_douay.html See details of the collection of the fonds Georges Douay of the BNF]</ref>
He wrote more than 400 pieces on texts by Francis Tourte, William Busnach or Alexandre Flan, among others.<ref>[http://data.bnf.fr/12995370/georges_douay/ See the list of his compositions on the site of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France]</ref>
== Bibliography == * John Denison Champlin, William Foster Apthorp, ''Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians: Abaco-Dyne'', 1893, {{p.|449}} * Frantz Funck-Brentano, Paul Deslandres, ''La Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal'', 1930, {{p.|26}} * Albert Ernest Wier, ''The Macmillan Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians'', T.1, 1938, {{p.|479}}
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