Charles Charpentier de Longchamps (1768 – 17 April 1832) was a French

playwright A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays. Etymology The word "play" is from Middle English pleye, from Old English plæġ, pleġa, plæġa ("play, exercise; sport, game; drama, applause"). The word "wright" is an archaic English ...

. A Secretary to the Grand Duchess of Berg, Naples Theatres Superintendent under the reign of Joachim Murat, a lyricist for François-Adrien Boieldieu for his ''Quinzième recueil de quatre nouvelles romances avec accompagnement de piano-forte'' and for his ''Recueil de six nouvelles romances avec accompagnement de harpe par M.de Cléry'', his plays were presented on the most important Parisian stages of the 19th century:

Théâtre du Vaudeville The Théâtre du Vaudeville was a theatre company in Paris. It opened on 12 January 1792 on rue de Chartres. Its directors, Piis and Barré, mainly put on "petites pièces mêlées de couplets sur des airs connus", including vaudevilles. Af ...

Théâtre de l'Opéra-Comique The Salle Favart, officially the Théâtre de l'Opéra-Comique, is a Paris opera house and theatre, the current home of the Opéra-Comique. It was built from 1893 to 1898 in a neo-Baroque style to the designs of the French architect Louis Berni ...

, Théâtre-Français, etc.

Works

*1797: ''Ma Tante Aurore, ou le roman impromptu'',

comedy Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term o ...

in 2 acts, mixed with ariettes, music by François-Adrien Boieldieu,There exists a recording on vynil of that play made in 1960.
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*1799: ''L'Heureuse nouvelle'',

opera Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a librett ...

impromptu à l'occasion de la paix *1799: ''L'Arbitre, ou les Consultations de l'an sept'', comedy in 1 act in prose mixed with vaudevilles *1799: ''Comment faire ? ou Les épreuves de misanthropie et repentir'', comedy in one act, with

Michel Dieulafoy Joseph-Marie-Armand-Michel Dieulafoy (1762, Toulouse – 13 December 1823) was a French librettist and playwright. Biography He was received lawyer in Toulouse and he seemed destined to the bar where he had started. In his relatives, owners of ...

and Étienne de Jouy *1799: ''La Prisonnière'', opera in 1 act and in prose, mixed with ariettes, with Claude Godard d'Aucourt de Saint-Just, music by Boieldieu and

Luigi Cherubini Luigi Cherubini ( ; ; 8 or 14 SeptemberWillis, in Sadie (Ed.), p. 833 1760 – 15 March 1842) was an Italian Classical and Romantic composer. His most significant compositions are operas and sacred music. Beethoven regarded Cherubini as the gre ...

*1799: ''Le Vaudeville au Caire'', comédie-folie in 1 act and in vaudevilles *1799: ''Emma ou La prisonnière'',

opéra comique ''Opéra comique'' (; plural: ''opéras comiques'') is a genre of French opera that contains spoken dialogue and arias. It emerged from the popular '' opéras comiques en vaudevilles'' of the Fair Theatres of St Germain and St Laurent (and to a l ...

, music by Boieldieu and Cherubini *1800: ''Le Tableau des Sabines'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Dieulafoy and de Jouy *1803: ''Le Séducteur amoureux'', comedy in 3 acts, in verses *1806: ''L'Ivrogne corrigé'', comedy in 2 acts and in prose, with Dieulafoy *1819: ''A-t-il perdu ?'', comedy in 1 act and in prose *1821: ''Poésies fugitives'' *1825: ''Dans quel Siècle sommes-nous ?'', comedy in 1 act, mixed with vaudevilles, with Dieulafoy and de Jouy *1826: ''L'Égoïste par régime'',

comédie en vaudevilles The ''comédie en vaudevilles'' () was a theatrical entertainment which began in Paris towards the end of the 17th century, in which comedy was enlivened through lyrics using the melody of popular vaudeville (song), vaudeville songs.Barnes 2001. ...

in 1 act, with Ferdinand Laloue

Bibliography

Joseph-Marie Quérard Joseph Marie Quérard (25 December 1797 – 3 December 1865) was a French bibliographer. He was born at Rennes, where he was apprenticed to a bookseller. Sent abroad on business, he remained in Vienna from 1819 to 1824, where he drew up the fi ...

, ''La France littéraire'', 1833, (p. 346) *

Ludovic Lalanne Ludovic Lalanne (23 April 1815, Paris – 16 May 1898, Paris) was a French historian and librarian. The engineer and politician Léon Lalanne (1811–1892) was his brother. Biography Lalanne was a student at the lycée Louis-le-Grand and late ...

, ''Dictionnaire historique de la France'', 1872, (p. 1157) *

Georges Favre Georges Favre (26 July 1905 – 25 April 1993) was a French composer and musicologist. He was a student of Paul Dukas for composition and Vincent d'Indy for conducting. He composed a few pieces for piano, the opera ''Guna'', and a sonata for violi ...

, ''Boieldieu : sa vie, son œuvre'', 1944, (p. 9)

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Charles de Longchamps
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