Boulanger, Ernest-Henri-Alexandre
(1815–1900)> VIOLINIST
Boulanger, Ernest-Henri-Alexandre (16 September 1815, Paris; 14 April 1900, Paris) was the son of the popular singer Mme Marie-Julie Halligner Boulanger and a violinist in the royal chapel. He was admitted to the Conservatoire in 1830 and studied solfeggio under Valentin Akan , counterpoint under Jacques Halévy , and dramatic style with Jean-François Lesueur (see eighteenth-century volume for Lesueur). He won first prize in the 1835 competition for composition with his cantata Achille and…