Paul de Choudens
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Paul (de) Choudens, also known under the pseudonym Paul Bérel (5 June 1850 – 7 October 1925), was a French musician, music publisher, poet and librettist.
Biography
[edit]Choudens was born in Paris. In 1888, with his brother Antony, he took over the publishing house established by his father Antoine de Choudens in 1845 and made a fortune in publishing in particular, the music scores of Faust by Gounod and Carmen by Bizet. He was a staunch supporter of Alfred Bruneau, Paul Vidal and André Messager.
As a librettist, he translated and adapted Der Schauspieldirektor by Mozart in collaboration with Arthur Bernède with whom he would write five libretti for the composer Félix Fourdrain.
Libretti
[edit]- Henri Hirschmann: Lovelace (in collaboration with Jules Barbier)
- Pietro Mascagni: Amica
- Isidore de Lara: Sanga
- Ruggero Leoncavallo: Maïa
- Camille Erlanger: L'Aube rouge
- Albert Dupuis: La Passion
- Xavier Leroux: La Plus forte
- Henry Février: Oletta, la fille du Corse
Bibliography
[edit]- Anik Devriès & François Lesure: Dictionnaire des éditeurs de musique français, vol. 2 (Geneva: Minkoff, 1988), p. 107–109.
- Agnès Chauvin: "L'Hôtel Choudens", in: Livraisons d'histoire de l'architecture, no. 18, 2nd semester 2009.
Categories:
- 1850 births
- 1925 deaths
- Knights of the Legion of Honour
- French music publishers (people)
- French opera librettists
- Writers from Paris
- 19th-century French writers
- 19th-century French publishers (people)
- 19th-century French male writers
- 20th-century French writers
- 20th-century publishers (people)
- 20th-century French male writers
- French recipients of the Legion of Honour