Pacini, Emilien, 1810-1898
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Sources of Information
- Reyer, E. Erostrate, 187-?:t.p. (Pacini)
- Diz. enc. univ. della musica e dei musicisti:v. 5, p. 494 (Pacini, Emilien; b. 1810, Paris, d. 1898, Neuilly; librettist)
- His Emilio Pacini lettre, 1843.
- Schmidl, C. Diz. univ. dei musicisti(Pacini, Emiliano; poet, librettist)
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Wikipedia description:
Émilien Pacini (17 November 1811 in Paris – 23 November 1898 in Neuilly-sur-Seine) was a 19th-century French librettist of Italian origin. He was the son of composer and music publisher Antonio Pacini and Jacqueline Rosier. His sister Eugénie Jeanne Pacini was the mother of Antony Choudens, composer and music publisher. Émilien Pacini worked in the administration of theaters and occupied the functions of theater censor at the Interior Ministry. A friend of Rossini, he wrote the lyrics of the cantata composed by the latter for the International Exposition (1867) in Paris.
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