François Benoist
French organist and composer
François Benoist was a French organist, composer, and pedagogue.
Benoist was born in Nantes. He took his first music lessons under Georges Scheuermann. Benoist studied music at the Conservatoire de Paris and won the Prix de Rome in 1815 for his... Wikipedia
Born: September 10, 1794, Nantes, France
Died: May 6, 1878 (age 83 years), 9th arrondissement, Paris, France