Hippolyte André Jean Baptiste Chélard

He was born in Paris and studied composition with François-Joseph Gossec and viola with Rodolphe Kreutzer.

From that time on, he composed for the German market, his most popular work being Die Hunnenschlacht which premiered in Munich in 1835.

The compositions of Chélard reflect a variety of stylistic traditions including the Gluck-Cherubini-Spontini and German Romantic schools.

While some his work enjoyed limited success, particularly among amateur keyboardists, it is mostly notable in the development of southern German music at the time.

[1] He died in Weimar, where he established himself as theater-conductor and in the 1840s he had met, and signed a contract dividing conducting duties with, the newly arrived Franz Liszt.