Bazin, François-Emmanuel-Joseph
(1816–1878)> COMPOSER
Bazin, François-Emmanuel-Joseph (4 September 1816, Marseille; 2 July 1878, Paris), composer, enrolled at the Conservatoire in Paris to study composition under Berton and Jacques Halévy and to take other courses with Dourlen , Lecoupey , and Benoit. After two years, he won numerous prizes in the contests of 1836 and 1837. His cantata earned second place at the Institut in 1839 and first place the next year. He did not feel that his education was complete by 1840, however, and he continued his…