Author: Émile de Rey-Pailhade
Alternate names: Émile de Rey-Pailhade; É. de Rey-Pailhade; Emile de Rey-Pailhade; E. de Rey-Pailhade; M. Emile de Rey-Pailhade
Born: 29 january 1828
Bio: Émile de Rey-Pailhade, born at Béziers, was a french humanist, historian and musicologist and member of the “Société archéologique de Béziers” (Hérault). He worked as lawyer (avocat) in Béziers (avenue de la République).

He was a brother of Francois-Jean-Ambroise-Alphonse de Rey-Pailhade (1822–1893), Charles-Hippolyte-Bernard de Rey-Pailhade (1823–1864) and Hippolyte de Rey-Pailhade (1825–), uncle of botanist and amateur musician Jean Julien Constantin de Rey-Pailhade (1844–1930) and uncle of civil mining engineer and doctor of medicine [Joseph de Rey-Pailhade][1].

Known publications of Émile de Rey-Pailhade are “Essai sur la musique et l'expression musicale et sur l'esthétique du son, les instruments de musique anciens et modernes (7 eds. in 3 languages, 1901–1911), “Montaigne philosophe-moraliste, étude : méditations philosophiques” (5 eds. in 3 languages 1912) and “Méditations philosophiques d'un octogénaire. Une visite à Béziers en 1838” (2 eds., 1909).

He died in or after 1912.


  [1]: https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL7173955A/