Klein, Bernhard

KLEIN, Bernhard, a German composer, born at Cologne, where his father was a bass player, March 6, 1793. His early life was passed in the disturbances of the French occupation of the Rhine, but in 1812 he found means to get to Paris, where Cherubini's advice, the hearing of fine performers, and the study of the library of the Conservatoire, advanced him greatly. On his return to the Rhine he conducted the performances in Cologne Cathedral, and profited by an...