Champein, Stanislas
(1753–1830)> COMPOSER
Champein, Stanislas (19 November 1753, Marseille; 19 September 1830, Paris), composer, was precocious enough to teach music at Pignon in Provence at the age of 13. After he had composed a mass, some psalms, and a Magnificat, he arrived in Paris in June 1770 and impressed musicians at the Court of Louis XV by having a full chorus sing one of his motets in the royal chapel of Versailles. He was now 17, and he turned next to theatrical music without much hesitation and had his Le Soldat français…