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Grove Music Online
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Hervé AUDÉON: 'Boucher, Alexandre-Jean', Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy (Accessed 15 October 2001), http://www.grovemusic.com :
"Boucher, Alexandre-Jean
(b Paris, 11 April 1778; dParis, 29 Dec 1861). French violinist and composer. […] As a child Alexandre-Jean performed in salons and was presented at court, and is said to have performed a concerto by Giornovichi at the Concert Spirituel. He studied with Subrin de Sainte-Marie, Gaviniès and Guillaume Navoigille, and attended Mme de Mortaigne’s Lycée des Arts. During the Revolution Boucher took part in the storming of the Bastille, and in February 1790 he joined the Garde Nationale. He played in the orchestra of the Théâtre du Palais (1792), and subsequently in that of the Théâtre Feydeau.
Compromised by the events of 13 Vendémiaire (5 October 1795), Boucher went to Spain, where he was presented to Charles IV, played in the royal orchestra, and was advised by Boccherini. […]"
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