Harold

(e-rol'), Louis Joseph Ferdi- nand, compr. b. Pans, Jan. 28, 1791; d. Themes, a suburb of Paris, Jan. 19, 1833. Son and pupil of Franco is Joseph, himself a pupil of C. P. E. Bach and pf. teacher, but early aptitude not encouraged; 1806 entered Pans Cons, where he was pupil of Louis Adam, Catel and Mdhul; Pnx de Rome 1812; pst. to Queen Caroline at Naples, where he brought out first opera 1815; returned to Pans 1815, met succe with Les rosi 1817: pst. and chorusmaster at Italian Opera; 1827, as chef du chant at Opdra, wrote succe ful ballets; after period of instrumental comp, and imitative operas, returned to his own style with succe ; greatest works are Zamva 1831 (overture is universally familiar) and Le prS aux clercs, widely known in France; his Ludomc was finished by Haldvy; his music is pleasant, graceful, his instrumentation clever; his own dramatic sense, often hampered by poor librettos, was fully equal to expre ion of fine emotions.