Isouard, Nicolò
(1775–1818)> COMPOSER
Isouard, Nicolò DIT Nicolò (1775, Malta; 23 March 1818, Paris), composer, was brought to Paris as a child to receive his education. His plans for a career in the French navy were aborted by the Revolution, and he returned to Malta in 1790. His French father found employment in a bank for him, but the youth was more interested in music than in finance, and he spent his time studying counterpoint, accompaniment, and harmony. Obdurate, his father located a position for him with a business firm in…