French conductor and composer of light dance music; son of Philippe Musard (1792–1859).
Born 1819 in London, died 1881 in Marseille. [1][2]
Concerts in Paris (e.g. Bals de l'Opéra-Comique and Concerts Musard) and abroad (New York, London, Berlin, Vienna). [3][4][5]
Few years after his marriage in 1859, with Eliza Blakeney, a US-citizen, he retired from the musical scene. [6]
Several sources give birth year 1828: some obituaries and even the official burial registration [7] erroneously report age at death 53 yr. However, the birth/baptism registration (London) and the death registration (Marseille) lead to 15 March 1819 as birth date. [8]
