- Émile Paladilhe
Émile Paladilhe (
3 June 1844 ,Montpellier (Hérault ) -6 January 1926 ) was a Frenchcomposer of the late romantic period.Biography
Émile Paladilhe was a musical
child prodigy , and moved from his home in the south of France toParis to begin his studies at theConservatoire de Paris at age 10. He became an accomplishedpianist , and was the youngest winner of thePrix de Rome , three years after Bizet, in 1860. For a time Galli-Marié was his lover, and she helped create some of his works. Paladilhe married the daughter of the librettistErnest Legouvé . He formed a friendship with the elderly Charles Gounod.He wrote a number of compositions for the stage, a
symphony , over a hundredmélodie s, piano works, and a wide range of sacred music, includingcantata s,motet s, masses, chorales, and a notedoratorio , "Les Saintes-Marie de la Mer".His opera "Patrie!" of 1886 was his greatest success, and was one of the last
grand opera s to premier at theParis Opéra .A few of Paladilhe's works for solo
woodwind and solovoice are still performed today, the most notable being his "Solo pour hautbois", alternatively titled "Solo de concert", written in 1898.Operas
*"La Fiancée d'Abydos", 1864-66, fragments
*"Le Passant", opéra-comique in one act, (F. Coppée), f.p. Opéra-Comique, 24 April 1872
*"L'Amour Africain", opéra-comique in two act, (E. Le Gouvé), f.p. Opéra-Comique, 8 May 1875
*"Suzanne", opéra-comique in 3 acts, (de Lockroy & Cormon), f.p. Opéra-Comique, 30 December 1878
*"Diana", opéra-comique in 3 acts, (Regnier & Normand), f.p. Opéra-Comique, 23 February 1885
*"Patrie!", drame lyrique in 5 acts, (Sardou & Gallet), f.p. Montpellier, 1892, (composed 1886)
*"Vanina", opéra in 4 acts, (Legouvé & Gallet), composed 1890 (unperformed)
*"Dalila", opéra in 3 acts, (Feuillet et Gallet), composed 1896 (unperformed)External links
* [http://www.classicalarchives.com/comps/p.html Classical Archives site]
* [http://www.musimem.com/paladilhe.htm Musica et Memoria : Émile Paladilhe] (in French)
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