title: Stanislas Champein
text: # Stanislas Champein
  
  Stanislas Champein (19 November 1753 – 19 September 1830) was an 18th/19th-century French composer and politician, a member of the Institut de France.
  
  In 1792, Champein joined the administration and was made a Prefect in Mainz.
  
  ## Works (selection)
  
  He is known for several witty musical scores which were long part of the repertoire including:
  
  * 1787: Les Dettes
  * 1779: Le Soldat français, opéra comique
  * 1781: La Mélomanie, parody of Italian music
  * 1789: Le Nouveau Don Quixote which the author passed of as an Italian opera
  * 1807: Laurette, one-act opera, libretto by Joseph Pain
  