Benoist, François
(1794–1878)> COMPOSER
Benoist, François (10 September 1794, Nantes; 3 may 1878, Paris), composer, took his first lessons in music and piano in his native city before continuing his studies at the Conservatoire in Paris under the direction of Charles Catel and Adolphe Adam (see eighteenth-century volume for Catel). He won first prizes for harmony and piano during his 1811-14 residence at th Conservatoire, where his composition for the cantata Enone earned him the prix de Rome in 1815. After three years in Italy at…