A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Bazin, François

BAZIN, François, born at Marseilles Sept. 4, 1816, studied at the Paris Conservatoire, where he afterwards became professor of harmony, under Auber. [See vol. i. p. 392 b.] In 1840 his 'Loyse de Montfort' gained the Prix de Rome. In 1860, on the division of the Paris Orphéon into two sections he was appointed conductor of them for the left bank of the Seine. [See vol. ii. 612 a.] The following operas by him have been given at the Opéra-Coinique:—'Le Trompette de M. le Prince,' 1846; Le Malheur d'etre jolie,' 1847; 'La Nuit de la Saint-Sylvestre,' 1849; 'Madelon,' 1852; 'Maître Pathelin,' 1856; 'Les Désespérés,' 1858; and 'Le Voyage en Chine,' 1865. Besides these, Bazin wrote several sacred compositions and a number of part-songs, etc. He died in Paris July 2, 1878.

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