François Emmanuel Joseph Bazin () (4 September 18162 July 1878) was a well-known French opera composer active during the nineteenth century.

Biography

Born in

Marseille Marseille (; ; see #Name, below) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Bouches-du-Rhône and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region. Situated in the ...

, Bazin was a student of

Daniel Auber Daniel-François-Esprit Auber (; 29 January 178212 May 1871) was a French composer and director of the Paris Conservatoire. Born into an artistic family, Auber was at first an amateur composer before he took up writing operas professionally whe ...

at the

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. After completing his education there and returning from his trip to Italy in 1844, Bazin later taught harmony at the Conservatoire. He was succeeded by his own student

Émile Durand Émile Durand (; 16 February 18307 May 1903) was a French musical theorist, teacher and composer. He was better known for his theoretical writings than for his compositions. Biography Émile Durand was born in 1830, at Saint-Brieuc, Côtes-d'A ...

. At age 23, Bazin's

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''Loyse de Montfort'' won the 1840

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. , which premiered at the

Opéra-Comique The Opéra-Comique () is a Paris opera company which was founded around 1714 by some of the popular Théâtre de la foire, theatres of the Parisian fairs. In 1762 the company was merged with – and for a time took the name of – its chief riva ...

in Paris, is his best-known composition, and continued to be staged well into the 20th century. Although his many light operas were popular during his lifetime, they are rarely staged today. A handful of arias are still occasionally performed, including "Je pense à vous" from ''Maître Pathelin'', recorded by

Roberto Alagna Roberto Alagna (; born 7 June 1963) is a French operatic tenor. He obtained French citizenship in 1981, while also retaining his previous Italian citizenship. Early years Alagna was born in Clichy-sous-Bois, outside the city of Paris, in 1963 t ...

. Bazin died at age 61 in Paris.

Works

''Opéras comiques''

*''Le Trompette de Monsieur le Prince'' (Joubert and

Mélesville Baron Anne-Honoré-Joseph Duveyrier, pen-name Mélesville (13 December 1787 in Paris – 7 November 1865 in Marly-le-Roi) was a French dramatist. The playwright Mélesville fils was his son. Life The son of Honoré-Nicolas-Marie Duveyrier, M ...

), 1846 *''Le Malheur d'être jolie'' ( Desnoyers), 1847 *''La Nuit de la Saint-Sylvestre'' (Mélesville and M. Masson), 1849 * ( Sauvage), 1852 *''Maître Pathelin'' ( de Leuven and Langlé), 1856 *''Les Désespérés'' (de Leuven and Langlé), 1858 *''Marianne'' (Augustin Challamel) (unperformed) *''Le Voyage en Chine'' (

Alfred Delacour Alfred Delacour or Alfred-Charlemagne Delacour, real name Pierre-Alfred Lartigue, (3 September 1817 – 31 March 1883 ) was a 19th-century French playwright and librettist. Biography In addition to his occupation as a physician, which he prac ...

and

Eugène Labiche Eugène Marin Labiche (; 6 May 181522 January 1888) was a French dramatist. He remains famous for his contribution to the vaudeville genre and his passionate and domestic pochades. In the 1860s, he reached his peak with a series of successe ...

), 1865 *''L'Ours et le pacha'' (

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and Saintine), 1870

Bibliography

* David Charlton, "Bazin, François (Emmanuel-Joseph)", in:

Sadie, Stanley Stanley John Sadie (; 30 October 1930 – 21 March 2005) was a British musicologist, music critic, and editor. He was editor of the sixth edition of the ''Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'' (1980), which was published as the first edition ...

(ed.),

The New Grove Dictionary of Opera ''The New Grove Dictionary of Opera'' is an encyclopedia of opera. It is the largest work on opera in English, and in its printed form, amounts to 5,448 pages in four volumes. The dictionary was first published in 1992 by Macmillan Reference, L ...

, vol. 1 (A–D) (New York: MacMillan, 1994), .

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* 1816 births 1878 deaths 19th-century French classical composers 19th-century French male musicians Academic staff of the Conservatoire de Paris Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery Knights of the Legion of Honour Conservatoire de Paris alumni French opera composers French operetta composers French Romantic composers French male opera composers Musicians from Marseille Pupils of Fromental Halévy Prix de Rome for composition Occitan musicians {{France-composer-stub

Biography

Works

''Opéras comiques''

See also

Bibliography

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