Émilien Pacini (17 November 1811 in Paris – 23 November 1898 in

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) was a 19th-century French librettist of Italian origin. He was the son of composer and music publisher Antonio Pacini and Jacqueline Rosier. His sister Eugénie Jeanne Pacini, was the mother of

Antony Choudens Antony Choudens (11 February 1849 – 15 July 1902) was a French music publisher and occasional composer. Life and business history Choudens was born in Paris. He succeeded his father Antoine de Choudens (1825–1888), who had founded the Par ...

, composer and music publisher. Émilien Pacini worked in the administration of theaters and occupied the functions of theater censor at the Interior Ministry. A friend of

Rossini Gioachino Antonio Rossini (29 February 1792 – 13 November 1868) was an Italian composer who gained fame for his 39 operas, although he also wrote many songs, some chamber music and piano pieces, and some sacred music. He set new standards f ...

, he wrote the lyrics of the cantata composed by the latter for the

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in Paris.

Works

He wrote the following librettos: *1837: '' Stradella'', opera, in collaboration with

Émile Deschamps Émile de Saint-Amand Deschamps (; 20 February 179123 April 1871) was a French poet. He was born at Bourges. The son of a civil servant, he adopted his father's career, but as early as 1812 he distinguished himself by an ode, ''La Paix conquise' ...

, music by

Louis Niedermeyer Abraham Louis Niedermeyer (27 April 180214 March 1861) was a Swiss and naturalized French composer. He chiefly wrote church music and a few operas. He also taught music and took over the École Choron, renamed École Niedermeyer de Paris, a scho ...

, Opéra Garnier, 3 March *1840: ''Loyse de Montfort'', cantata, in collaboration with Émile Deschamps, music by François Bazin, Garnier, 7 October *1841: French version of ''

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'', music by Carl Maria von Weber, récitatifs by

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, Garnier, 7 June *1850: ''Les Deux princesses'',

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, music by Wilfrid d'Indy, January *1850: ''La Rédemption'', mystère in 5 parts with prologue and épilogue, with Émile Deschamps, music by

Giulio Alary Giulio Alary (sometimes Alari) (1814–1891) was an Italian composer. Born in Mantua, he was a student at the Milan Conservatory before relocating to Paris, where he died, in 1891. He wrote three operas, as well as some orchestral and chamber mus ...

, Théâtre-Italien, 14 April *1854: ''Cordélia'', opera, in collaboration with Émile Deschamps, music by Séméladis, Versailles, April *1856: French version of '' Il trovatore'', by

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( la Monnaie in Brussels, 20 May ; Garnier, 12 January 1857) *1859: ''La Perle de Frascati'', opéra comique, music by Amédée de Roubin, Rouen, February *1860: ''Pierre de Médicis'', opera, in collaboration with Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges, music by

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, Garnier, 9 March *1862: ''Erostrate'', opéra, en collaboration avec Joseph Méry, music by Ernest Reyer ( Bade, 21 August ; Garnier, 16 October 1871

Bibliography

Joël-Marie Fauquet Joël-Marie Fauquet (born 27 April 1942 at Nogent-le-Rotrou) is a French musicologist. Life Fauquet studied applied arts before devoting himself to musicology and the social history of music. Director of research at the Centre national de la re ...

(direction) (préf. Joël-Marie Fauquet), ''Dictionnaire de la Musique en France au XIXe siècle'', Paris,

Fayard Fayard (complete name: ''Librairie Arthème Fayard'') is a French Paris-based publishing house established in 1857. Fayard is controlled by Hachette Livre. In 1999, Éditions Pauvert became part of Fayard. Claude Durand was director of Fayard ...

, 2003, 1405 p. (), (p., 927)

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Émilien Pacini
on artlyriquefr {{DEFAULTSORT:Pacini, Emilien 1811 births Writers from Paris French opera librettists Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur 1898 deaths 19th-century French writers 19th-century French male writers French people of Italian descent