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François Bazin
Person · male · France · Marseille · born 1816 · died 1878 · recording since 1993
French opera composer (1816–1878)
Also known as François Joseph Emmanuel Bazin · フランソワ・バザン
Timeline
6 events✦ Award 2◦ Birth 1† Death 1★ Debut release 1▣ Album 1
1810s
1850s
1870s
1990s
· Debut release
Debut release: Le Voyage en Chine / Maître Pathelin
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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Biography
English biography217 words · 3 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1351350845
Biography
François Emmanuel Joseph Bazin (pronounced [fʁɑ̃.swa ba.zɛ̃]) (4 September 1816 – 2 July 1878) was a well-known French opera composer active during the nineteenth century.
Biography
Born in Marseille, Bazin was a student of Daniel Auber at the Conservatoire de Paris. After completing his education there and returning from his trip to Italy in 1844, Bazin later taught harmony at the Conservatoire. He was succeeded by his own student Émile Durand.
At age 23, Bazin's cantata Loyse de Montfort won the 1840 Prix de Rome. Le Voyage en Chine , which premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Paris, is his best-known composition, and continued to be staged well into the 20th century. Although his many light operas were popular during his lifetime, they are rarely staged today. A handful of arias are still occasionally performed, including "Je pense à vous" from Maître Pathelin, recorded by Roberto Alagna.
Bazin died at age 61 in Paris.
Opéras comiques
Le Trompette de Monsieur le Prince (Joubert and Mélesville), 1846
Le Malheur d'être jolie (Desnoyers), 1847
La Nuit de la Saint-Sylvestre (Mélesville and M. Masson), 1849
Madelon (Sauvage), 1852
Maître Pathelin (de Leuven and Langlé), 1856
Les Désespérés (de Leuven and Langlé), 1858
Marianne (Augustin Challamel) (unperformed)
Le Voyage en Chine (Alfred Delacour and Eugène Labiche), 1865
L'Ours et le pacha (Scribe and Saintine), 1870
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 14 | 70.2th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 1 | 73.9th |
| Studio albums | 1 | 76th |
| Awards recorded | 3 | 95.4th |
| Timeline events | 6 | 80.8th |
| Recording span (years) | -115 | 4.8th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (1 release groups · 1 studio albums)
Albums · 1
Le Voyage en Chine / Maître Pathelin
1993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 39 tracks · 2:05:36
Disc 11Le Voyage en Chine: Acte I. Ouverture5:022Le Voyage en Chine: Acte I. “Qu'a t-elle donc ?” (Marie, Berthe, Mme Pompéry)5:343Le Voyage en Chine: Acte I. Texte3:374Le Voyage en Chine: Acte I. “C'est jour de fête” (Les Jardiniers, Mme Pompéry, Pompéry)3:325Le Voyage en Chine: Acte I. Texte4:526Le Voyage en Chine: Acte I. “Je vous présente ici ma femme” (Pompéry, Rosenville, Fréval, Mme Pompéry, Marie, Berthe)4:227Le Voyage en Chine: Acte I. Texte2:548Le Voyage en Chine: Acte I. “Ah ! Je vais donc la revoir” (Kernoisan)3:589Le Voyage en Chine: Acte I. Texte1:0510Le Voyage en Chine: Acte I. “Ah ! Quelle amusante folie” (Marie, Kernoisan)3:2111Le Voyage en Chine: Acte I. Texte0:4212Le Voyage en Chine: Acte I. “C'est jour de fête” (reprise) (Les Jardiniers, Pompéry, Fréval, Kernoisan, Mme Pompéry, Marie)3:5213Le Voyage en Chine: Acte II. “Ah ! Quelle heureuse destinée” (Chœur, Pompéry, Marie)2:3414Le Voyage en Chine: Acte II. Texte3:3315Le Voyage en Chine: Acte II. “Six cailloux, cinq cailloux” (Rosenville)1:0116Le Voyage en Chine: Acte II. Texte5:2317Le Voyage en Chine: Acte II. “Quel temps effroyable” (Les Baigneurs, Kernoisan, Bonneteau, Pompéry, Marie, Rosenville)9:5218Le Voyage en Chine: Acte II. Texte1:2119Le Voyage en Chine: Acte II. “Je suis Breton” (Kernoisan, Pompéry)1:4020Le Voyage en Chine: Acte II. Texte1:22Disc 21Le Voyage en Chine: Acte II. Texte1:582Le Voyage en Chine: Acte II. “Fille dénaturée” (Pompéry, Marie, Mme Pompéry, Rosenville, Kernoisan, Berthe)3:473Le Voyage en Chine: Acte III. “Voguons, la mer est belle” (Chœur)5:384Le Voyage en Chine: Acte III. Texte0:385Le Voyage en Chine: Acte III. “Quand le soleil sur notre monde” (Pompéry)2:596Le Voyage en Chine: Acte III. Texte4:117Le Voyage en Chine: Acte III. “En Chine, en Chine” (Kernoisan)3:248Le Voyage en Chine: Acte III. Texte1:229Le Voyage en Chine: Acte III. “Faut-il hisser, capitaine” (Tous)1:2910Maître Pathelin: Ouverture5:2111Maître Pathelin: “Pauvre acocat dans ton état” (Guillemette, Bobinette, Pathelin)2:5912Maître Pathelin: “Nous ferons ripaille (Pathelin, Guillemette, Bobinette)1:3113Maître Pathelin: “Veux-tu bien ranger la boutique” (Josseaume, Charlot)2:0414Maître Pathelin: “Quel air de probité” (Pathelin, Josseaume)4:0515Maître Pathelin: “Quel triste sort (Aignelet)3:1416Maître Pathelin: Romance “Je pense à vous quand je m'éveille“ (Charlot)2:3917Maître Pathelin: “Je suis un avocat d'Ithaque” (Guillemette, Pathelin, Josseaume)3:3718Maître Pathelin: “Quand on allait te faire pendre” (Pathelin, Aignelet)1:4019Maître Pathelin: “C'est effroyable” (Tous)3:23
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put François Bazin head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 14 | 70.2th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 1 | 73.9th |
| Studio albums | 1 | 76th |
| Awards recorded | 3 | 95.4th |
| Timeline events | 6 | 80.8th |
| Recording span (years) | -115 | 4.8th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1857 | Knight of the Legion of Honour | won | |
| 1876 | Officer of the Legion of Honour | won | |
| — | Prix de Rome | won |
Where this record comes from
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https://musicbrainz.org/artist/5d48deb4-eff4-488b-b4e6-0be9295ac852core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q633817genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q633817seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Bazin_%28composer%29biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Bazin_%28composer%29
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Image: Étienne Carjat · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q633817 · MusicBrainz: 5d48deb4-eff4-488b-b4e6-0be9295ac852
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