Robert 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).
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