Théodore Labarre

He studied the harp with Jacques-Georges Cousineau and at the Paris Conservatoire with François Joseph Naderman and Nicolas-Charles Bochsa, also harmony with Victor Dourlen and composition with François-Adrien Boieldieu.

In 1823, after having won the Prix de Rome, he travelled to England to give several solo concerts, also including Ireland.

He tried his hand, with varying degrees of success, in opera and ballet, but his popularity largely stemmed from his romances and melodies rather than from his large-scale works.

In 1837, he married the singer Algaé Caroline Antoinette Lambert, with whom he regularly performed in England.

He was conductor of the Opéra Comique between 1847 and 1849, afterwards "inspecteur accompagnateur" of the Imperial Chapel of Napoléon III, and finally (from 1867), professor of harp at the Conservatoire.