Nicholas Charles Bochsa

(1789-1856)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Bochsa, Robert Nicolas Charles, 1789-1856 LBT ID: NiBochs1856 VIAF ID: 120710111 LOC ID: n79150254	B/BAP: 1789-08-09 DIED: 1856-01-06
SOURCES: Grove Music Online; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
French harpist who emigrated to England after a conviction for forgery; he instructed the daughter of the Duke of Clarence and taught at the Royal Academy until he was accused of bigamy and forced to resign.
REFERENCES TO Nicholas Charles Bochsa: “Verdict against the Examiner in the Case of William Parry” in The Examiner (17 June 1827) 375-76 Found 1: ¶ 2