Stanislas Champein (19 November 1753 – 19 September 1830) was an 18th/19th-century French composer and politician, a member of the
Institut de France
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.
In 1792, Champein joined the administration and was made a
Prefect
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A prefect's ...
in
Mainz
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.
Works (selection)
He is known for several witty musical scores which were long part of the repertoire including:
*1787: ''Les Dettes''
*1779: ''Le Soldat français'',
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 ...
*1781: ''La Mélomanie'', parody of Italian music
*1789: ''Le Nouveau
Don Quixote'' which the author passed of as an Italian
opera
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*1807: ''Laurette'', one-act opera, libretto by
Joseph Pain
Marie Joseph Pain (4 August 1773, Paris – March 1830, ibid.) was a 19th-century French playwright, poet and essayist.
Biography
A member of the , censor and office manager at the Prefecture of the Seine under the Bourbon Restoration, chief ed ...
External links
Stanislas Champeinon
Data.bnf.fr
Ses œuvres et leurs représentations (1779-1794)sur le sit
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18th-century classical composers
French Classical-period composers
French opera composers
French male opera composers
Musicians from Marseille
1753 births
1830 deaths
18th-century French composers
18th-century French male musicians
19th-century French male musicians
Politicians from Marseille