Boieldieu

American  

[bwa-el-dyœ] / bwa ɛlˈdyœ /

noun

1. François Adrien 1775–1834, French composer.

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Example Sentences

The previous record for a Pissarro painting was set in 2009, when Le Pont Boieldieu Et La Gare D'Orleans Rouen, Soleil sold for £4.3 million.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2014

For he can either go there from the Pont Boieldieu in an electric car marked "Place Chartreux," or he may tell his coachman to drive him to the "Chapelle St. Julien, Rue de l'Hospice, Petit-Quévilly."

From The Story of Rouen by Cook, Theodore Andrea, Sir

When Beethoven's Symphonies were first played in Paris, it is reported that the operatic composer Boieldieu was much disconcerted, because, as he said, he liked "musique qui me berce."

From Music: An Art and a Language by Spalding, Walter Raymond

But is there among them a Mozart, a Bellini, a Michael Kelly, an Auber, a Boieldieu?

From The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book by Leslie, Eliza

An inscription placed on this house reminds us, that it was here, that A. Boieldieu, the celebrated composer, was born.

From Rouen, It's History and Monuments A Guide to Strangers by Licquet, Théodore