# Claude Paris

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{{Short description|French composer}}
{{about|the 19th-century composer|the 18th-century French financier|Claude Pâris la Montagne}}

'''Claude Paris''' (19 September 1808 – 25 July 1866) was a 19th-century French composer.

==Career==
Paris was born in [Lyon](/source/Lyon) and studied [musical composition](/source/musical_composition) with [Jean-François Lesueur](/source/Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_Lesueur) at the [Conservatoire de Paris](/source/Conservatoire_de_Paris). In 1826, he won the [Premier Grand Prix de Rome](/source/Prix_de_Rome) with the [cantata](/source/cantata) ''Herminie''. During his stay in Rome he performed the [opéra bouffe](/source/op%C3%A9ra_bouffe) ''L'Allogio militaire'' at the [Teatro San Benedetto](/source/Teatro_San_Benedetto) in Venice in 1829.

After his return to Paris in 1830, his ''Missa da Requiem'' was performed at the church [Notre-Dame-des-Victoires](/source/Basilica_of_Notre-Dame-des-Victoires%2C_Paris). In 1831, the annual meeting of the "Académie royale des Beaux-Art" was opened with a performance of the overture to his lyrical tragedy ''Elmyra''. Paris composed the [opéra comique](/source/op%C3%A9ra_comique) ''La Veillée'' for the [Paris Opera](/source/Paris_Opera) (Salle Ventadour).

Paris worked as a conductor at the [Théâtre du Panthéon](/source/Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_du_Panth%C3%A9on) and taught in Paris and Lyon.

==External links==
* {{in lang|fr}} [http://www.musimem.com/prix-de-rome.html Biography] (Musica et memoria)
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Category:French composers of sacred music
Category:French male classical composers
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Category:French opera composers
Category:French Romantic composers
Category:Musicians from Lyon
Category:Prix de Rome for composition
Category:19th-century French male composers

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