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Hippolyte Monpou, *1804, †1941, French organist, and composer of songs and operas

Within a few years he produced Les deux Reines (staged in August 1835); Le Luthier de Vienne (June 1836); Piquillo 3 acts (October 1837); Un Conte d'Autrefois (February 1838); Perugina (December 1838); Le Planteur, 2 acts (March 1839); La chaste Suzanne, 4 acts (December 1839); and La Reine Jeanne, 3 acts (October 1840). Gustave Chouquet wrote: "These operas bear evident traces of the self-sufficient and ignorant composer of romances, the slovenly and incorrect musician, and the poor instrumentalist which we know Monpou to have been; but quite as apparent are melody, dramatic fire and instinct, and a certain happy knack. His progress was undeniable, but he never became a really good musician."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippolyte_Monpou

See Music box Bendon No. 11755

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