Émile Paladilhe

Émile Paladilhe (3 June 1844 – 6 January 1926) was a French composer of the late romantic period.

He became an accomplished pianist, and was the youngest winner of the Prix de Rome, three years after Bizet, in 1860.

He wrote a number of compositions for the stage, a symphony, over a hundred mélodies, piano works, and a wide range of sacred music, including cantatas, motets, masses, chorales, and a noted oratorio, Les Saintes-Marie de la mer.

of 1886 was his greatest success, and was one of the last grand operas to premiere at the Paris Opéra.

It was a piece d'occasion, created for a gala in honour of the French colony in Monaco, but had a Flemish-nationalist theme.