Paladilhe, Emile
(1844–1926)> COMPOSER
Paladilhe, Emile (3 June 1844, Montpellier; 8 January 1926, Paris), composer, entered the Conservatoire in Paris, where Jacques Halévy took a specail interest in his progress. He won the 1860 Prix de Rome, and he continued to excel in his studies during his sojourn in Italy. He returned to France with the idea of writing for the lyric theatre, but he could not find a libretto until he had the opportunity to set François Coppée ’s Le Passant . This first work by Paladilhe had its premiere at the…