Paul Henrion, (20 July 1819 – 24 October 1901 ) was a 19th-century French composer. President of the

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of which he was a co-founder with Victor Parizot and

Ernest Bourget Ernest Alexandre Joseph Bourget (10 March 1814 – 2 October 1864 in Thomery ( Seine-et-Oise aged 50 ) was a 19th-century French playwright, lyricist and librettist. In 1847 at the Café des Ambassadeurs, Paul Henrion, Victor Parizot and Ernes ...

, he was also a goguettier, member of the . In a panorama of the world of songs published in 1882 in ''

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'', the journalist considered him "a first-rate artist whose romances for salons were famous".Maxime Boucheron, « Petits tableaux parisiens », Le Figaro, 17 septembre 1882 Read online
/ref> Henrion sometimes signed his compositions under the

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Henri Charlemagne.

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French composers Musicians from Paris 1819 births 1901 deaths {{France-musician-stub