Hérold, Louis Joseph Ferdinand

Hérold, Louis Joseph Ferdinand (lwē zhôzef' ferdēnäN' ārôld') [key], 1791–1833, French composer. He composed a number of operas, two of which—Zampa (1831) and Le Pré aux clercs (1832)—were for a time very popular.

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