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Boieldieu

American  
[bwa-el-dyœ] / bwa ɛlˈdjœ /

noun

  1. François Adrien 1775–1834, French composer.


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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

Boieldieu was born in 1775, in Rouen; died 1834.

From Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University by W. J. (Winton James) Baltzell

In 1802 Boieldieu, to escape the domestic troubles caused by his marriage with Clotilde Aug.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various

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 Eliza Leslie

The bronze statue between the two is that of Boieldieu, the celebrated french composer a native of Rouen.

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

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