Carafa de Colobrano, Michel-Henri-François-Vincent Aloys-Paul, DIT Carafa
(1787–1872)> COMPOSER
Carafa de Colobrano, Michel-Henri-François-Vincent Aloys-Paul , DIT Carafa (17 November 1787, Naples; 26 July 1872, Paris), composer, was born the second son of the prince de Colobrano, duke of Alvito. A relative of Admiral Caraccioli , he entered military service and was taken prisoner by the French at the battle of Campo-Tenese in 1806, but Jean-Paul Marat took an interest in him, and young Carafa became a citizen of France as well as a member of Marat’s staff. He took part in the expedition…