Chélard, Hippolyte-André-Jean-Baptiste
(1789–1861)> COMPOSER
Chélard, Hippolyte-André-Jean-Baptiste (1 February 1789, Paris; 12 February 1861, Weimar), composer, was admitted to the Conservatoire in 1803 to study violin, but he added harmony and composition with Dourlen and François Gossec to his program. He won the Prix de Rome competition in 1811 and passed his three years at Rome under the tutelage of Nicolas Zingarelli and the abbot Baini. Giovanni Paisiello became interested in him at Naples and staged his opéra bouffe entitled La Casa de vendere in…