Hernandez

(ér-nin’-déth), Pablo, b. Sarago a, Jan. 25, 1834—187-; pupil Madrid Cons.; organist and (1863) auxiliary prof. there; c. zarzuelas; a ma , symphony, etc. ‘ Hernando (ér-nin’-dd), Rafael José M., Madrid, May 31, 1822—after 1867; pupil of R. Car nicer, Madrid Cons.; 1848-53, he prod. several succ. zarzuelas, some in collab.; later and composer to Th. des Variétés; 1852, secretary, later prof. of harm., Madrid Cons.; founded a Mutual Aid Mus. Soc. Hérold (a-rél), (1) Louis Jos. Fd., Paris, Jan. 28, 1791—(of consumption) Thernes, near Paris, Jan. 10, 1833; son of (2) Fran. Jos. H. (d. 1802; pf.-teacher and composer, pup of P. E. Bach), who opposed is studying music, though Fétis taught him solfége and L. Adam. pf. After his father’s death (1802), he studied piano with Louis Adam, Cons. (first prize, 1810); harmony with Catel and (from 1811) comp. with Méhul; 1812 won the Prix de Rome, with cantata ‘‘Mlle. de la Valliére’’; studied at Rome and Naples, where he was pianist to Queen Caroline, and prod. opera “Ta Gioventd di Enrico Quinto” (1815); Paris, 1815, finished Boieldieu’s ‘‘Charles de France’ (prod. with succ. 1816, Op. Com.); ‘‘Les Rosiéres” and ‘“‘La Clochette’’ fol‘lowed 1817, both v. succ.; others followed; the last (1820) failing, he imitated Ro ini in several operas, but recovered himself in the succ. ‘Marie’ (1826); 1824, pianist, later chorusm. at the Ital. Opera, but ‘soon relinquished. 1827 Chef du Chant at the Gr. Opéra, for which he wrote several succ. ballets, incl. “Ta Somnambule,” which gave a suggestion to Bellini; 1828, Legion of Honour. ‘‘Zampa” (1831) gave him European rank and is considered his best work by all except the French, who prefer his last work ‘‘Le Pre aux Clercs’” (1832); he prod. also “T) Auberge d’ Airey” (1830) (with Carafa), “‘La Marquise de Brinvil- Kiers’’ (1831), with Auber, Boieldieu, Cherubin i, and 5 others; and ‘‘La Médicine sans Médec in’’ (1832); he left ‘‘ Ludovic’’ unfinished, to be completed by Halévy with succ.; c. also much pf.-mus. Biogr. by Jouvin (Paris, 1868).