Nocturne Concertante Op. 71 No. 3 - Música

Nocturne Concertante Op. 71 No. 3 by Nicholas Charles Bochsa

Nicholas Charles Bochsa

Biografia do Artista para Nicholas Charles Bochsa

Nicolas-Charles Bochsa Nicolas-Charles Bochsa 1842Robert Nicolas-Charles Bochsa Born August 9 1789 In Montmédy Meuse France Died January 6 1856 In Sydney Australia Was A Musician And Composer. The Son Of A Musician He Was Able To Play The Flute And Piano By The Age Of Seven. In 1807 He Went To Study At The Paris Conservatoire. He Was Appointed Harpist To The Imperial Orchestra In 1813 And Began Writing Operas For The Opéra-Comique. However In 1817 He Became Entangled In Counterfeiting Fraud And Forgery And Fled To London To Avoid Prosecution. He Was Convicted In Absentia And Sentenced To Branding And Hard Labour . Safe From French Law In London He Helped Found The Royal Academy Of Music In 1821 And Became The Director However He Was Forced To Resign In 1826 When His Criminal Conviction Was Revealed. He Then Became Musical Director Of The Kings Theatre In London. In 1839 He Became Involved In Another Scandal When He Ran Off With The Opera Singer Anna Riviere-Bishop Who Was Wife Of The Composer Henry Rowley Bishop. They Performed Together In America Australia And Throughout Europe Except France . In Naples Bochsa Was Appointed Director Of Regio Teatro San Carlo Naples Royal Opera House And Stayed There For Two Years. They Arrived In Sydney With The Gold Rush In December 1855 And Gave Only One Concert Before Bochsa Died. Bishop Was Heartbroken And Commissioned An Elaborate Tomb For Him Consisting Of A Figure Symbolising Anna Lying At The Base Of A Tree With A Harp Laying Against It In Camperdown Cemetery Sydney.