Nicolas-Charles Bochsa

Nicolas-Charles Bochsa
Portrait by Peter Copmann [da], 1837
Born9 August 1789
Montmédy, France
Died6 January 1856 (1856-01-07) (aged 66)
Sydney, Australia
Occupation(s)Composer, harpist
SpouseGeorgette Ducrest (m. 1815)[a]
Partner(s)Amy Wilson,[b] Anna Bishop
Children2 from Georgette

Robert-Nicolas-Charles Bochsa (French pronunciation: [ʁɔbɛʁ nikɔla ʃaʁl bɔksa]; 9 August 1789 – 6 January 1856) was a French harpist and composer. His relationship with Anna Bishop was popularly thought to have inspired that of Svengali and Trilby in George du Maurier's 1894 novel Trilby.[2]

  1. ^ "Bochsa (Robert-Nicolas-Charles)". Grand dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle (in French). Vol. 2. Larousse. p. 848 – via Wikisource. [scan Wikisource link]
  2. ^ Lawrence, Vera Brodsky (1999). Strong on Music: The New York Music Scene in the Days of George Templeton Strong. Vol. 3 (1st ed.). Chicago: University of Chicago Press. p. 65. ISBN 978-0-226-47015-3. OCLC 60191288.


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