Hérol, LOUIS JOSEPH FERDINAND

Hérol, LOUIS JOSEPH FERDINAND, French musical composer, was born at Paris on 28th January 1791, and studied at the conservatoire of music in that city. His earliest successes were achieved with Mdlle. de la Vallière (1812), a cantata, which gained him a travelling scholarship; the opera, La Gioventù di Enrico Quinto (1815); and the comic opera, Les Rosières (1816). None of his succeeding pieces met with success, until the opera Marie appeared in 1826. Zampa (1831) and Le Pré aux Clercs (1832), which followed next, were both decidedly successful; the former is still put on the stage from time to time. Hérol died on 19th January 1833 at Thernes near Paris. See Jonvin's Hérol, sa Vie et ses Œuvres (1868).