Alphonse Salin

Nicolas Alphonse Salin (5 July 1798 – 6 June 1878) was a French playwright and chansonnier.

Biography An employee at the Chancellery until 1830 and then at the Hôtel des Monnaies, Paris, where he became chief controller for coinage (1857), his plays were presented on the most important Parisian stages of the 19th century: Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Antoine, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin etc.

His songs were published in Le Caveau. He was made a knight of the Legion of Honour on 13 August 1861

Works 1823: L'Espagne délivrée, cantata 1836: L'Amour et l'homéopathie, vaudeville in 2 acts, with Adolphe Jadin and Henri de Tully 1839: Un cœur de livres de rente, vaudeville n 1 act 1839: Une Matinée aux Prés Saint-Gervais, vaudeville en un acte, with Alfred Bouet 1839: Une nièce d'Amérique, vaudeville en 1 act 1839: Le Salon dans la mansarde, vaudeville in 1 act 1840: Dodore en pénitence, soliloquy-vaudeville in 1 act 1841: Les Mousquetaires, dramea vaudeville in 2 acts 1841: La Nièce du pasteur, comédie en vaudevilles in 2 acts 1841: L'Ange de la bienfaisance, song 1860: Santé portée à M. Richard Bérenger, commandant le 18e bataillon de la Garde nationale, song 1860: Les Reines du jour, song (Lire le texte sur Wikisource) 1866: Les Bottes neuves, song undated: L'épouvantail, comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Narcisse Fournier 1889: Mademoiselle !, chanson, music by Frédéric Boissière, posth.