Labarre, Théodore
(1805–1870)> COMPOSER
Labarre, Théodore (5 March 1805, Paris; 9 March 1870, Paris), composer, took his first music lessons on the harp from Cousineau between ages 7 and 9, and he continued with this instrument until 1820 under the direction of Bochsa and Naderman . Convinced that their son might have a bright future in music, his parents entered him in the Conservatoire to study harmony under Dourlen , counterpoint under Eler , and composition under François Boïeldieu (see eighteenth-century volume for Boïeldieu)…