Excerpt from The New Opera Glass: Containing the Plots of the Most Popular Operas and a Short Biography of the ComposersB. July 24th 1803 as the son of a French musician and professor of the conservatory at Paris. In 1817 he attended the conservatory of his native town, where he was instructed by Boieldieu. His first work was Pierre and Catherine. In 1836 he published his second opera: The Postillion of\ Longjumeau, which was very favourably received and acquired for him a name as a musical writer. 1836 to 1846 he composed ten other operas, the best of these is the Brewer of Preston. In 1848 he was appointed professor of the conservatory at Paris, where he died May 3d 1856.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.