Dietsch, Pierre-Louis-Philippe
(1808–1865)> COMPOSER
Dietsch, Pierre-Louis-Philippe (17 March 1808, Dijon; 20 February 1865, Paris), composer, started his musical career as a choirboy in Dijon and took his first instruction from his choirmaster, Travisini . His success induced his parents to send him to Paris in 1822 to study religious music under Alexandre Choron . The Conservatoire accepted him as a student in 1830, and he enrolled in the classes of Antoine Reicha and Chenié , but he left school prematurely to sing at the Théâtre-Italien and…