Clapisson, Antonin-Louis
(1808–1866)> COMPOSER
Clapisson, Antonin-Louis (15 September 1808, Naples; 20 March 1866, Paris), composer, was born at Naples into a family attached to the service of King Joachim Murat , but he returned to France in 1815 and entered the Conservatoire in 1830. He studied violin under François Habeneck , who arranged for him to play second violin in the Opéra orchestra because of his competency with this instrument. Clapisson’s first dramatic composition was La Figurante (1838), staged at the Opéra-Comique. He did…