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Nicholas Charles Bochsa
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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 o
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Fantasia on Bellini's I Capuleti e Montecchi
1702Cantabile Espressivo
283II. Allegro moderato
124I. Introduction: Adagio
105III. Theme Italien: Allegretto - Variations I-III
96Nocturne No. 2 for Horn and Harp, "L'echo": III. Theme Italien: Allegretto - Variations I-III
97Nocturne concertante, Op. 71, No. 3
98Theme avec Variations pour Harpe compose par G.F. Handel
79Grand Russian March
710Introduction (after G.F. Handel's Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63, Act II: Oh let eternal honors crown his name and Act II: From mighty kings he took the spoil) (arr. N.C. Bochsa)
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Harp Recital: Bennett, Elinor - Zabel, A.H. / Hasselmans, A. / Glinka, M. / Thomas, J. / Mozart, W.A. / Zabel, A. / Saint Saens, C.
Damase, J.-M.: Violin Sonata / Boieldieu, F.-A.: Violin Sonata No. 1 / Aubert, J.: Violin Sonata No. 4
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Italian Harp Music
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Harp Music by G.F. Haendel
Duvernoy / Dauprat / Boieldieu: Music for Horn and Harp
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Piano Roll Marches and Two Steps, Vol. 1
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The Magic Of The French Horn
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Duport, J.-L. / Bochsa, N.C.: Cello and Harp Music (Melange)
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Le Charme du Cor
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Handel; Boieldieu; Bochsa; Gossec - Harp Concertos
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The Magic of The French Horn - Greatest Concertos
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The Romance of the Harp