deaths
October 8, 1834
François-Adrien Boieldieu, French composer (born 1775)
François-Adrien Boieldieu
François-Adrien Boieldieu was a French composer, mainly of operas, often called "the French Mozart".. Although his reputation is largely based upon his operas, Boieldieu composed other works and among them, his Harp Concerto in C (1800–1801) is a masterpiece of the harp repertory.