Paul Henrion
Paul Henrion (23 June 1817 – 24 October 1901) was a 19th-century French composer. President of the Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique of which he was a co-founder with Victor Parizot and Ernest Bourget, he was also a goguettier, member of the goguette du Poulet sauté. In a panorama of the world of songs published in 1882 in Le Figaro, the journalist considered him "a first-rate artist whose romances for salons were famous".
Paul Henrion

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- Name
- Paul Henrion
- Born
- 6 June 1817
- Birthplace
- Paris
- Died
- 24 October 1901
- Occupation
- Composer
- Nationality
- France
- Languages
- French
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Paul Henrion (23 June 1817 – 24 October 1901) was a 19th-century French composer. President of the Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique of which he was a co-founder with Victor Parizot and Ernest Bourget, he was also a goguettier, member of the goguette du Poulet sauté. In a panorama of the world of songs published in 1882 in Le Figaro, the journalist considered him "a first-rate artist whose romances for salons were famous".
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Henrion sometimes signed his compositions under the pseudonym Henri Charlemagne.
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• Name — Paul Henrion • Born — 6 June 1817 • Birthplace — Paris • Died — 24 October 1901 • Place of death — Paris • Occupation — Composer
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