Choron, Alexandre-Étienne
(1771–1834)
ALEXANDRE-ÉTIENNE CHORONCHORON, ALEXANDRE-ÉTIENNEALEXANDRE-ÉTIENNE CHORON [* 1771-† 1834] A unique voice among nineteenth-century French musical thinkers, Alexandre-Etienne Choron devoted himself wholeheartedly to disseminating information about and models of earlier musical practices. He was an influential administrator of musical institutions, an editor of significant repertoire, a translator of major eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century treatises by authors such as ALBRECHTSBERGER…