Choron, Alexandre Etienne

CHORON, Alexandre Etienne, born at Caen October 21, 1771, died at Paris June 29, 1834. He was a good scholar before becoming a musician. He began the study of music without assistance, but afterwards received lessons from Roze, Bonesi, and other Italian professors. Highly gifted by nature, he soon acquired great knowledge in mathematics, languages, and every branch of music, and published his ‘Principes d'accompagnement des écoles d'Italie’ (Paris, 1804). In 1808 he gave his ‘Principes de...