Introduction

Biography

Louis was the son of pi­an­ist and com­pos­er Fran­çois-Jo­seph Hér­old and Jeanne-Ga­bri­elle Pas­cal, grand­son of or­gan­ist Ni­co­las Hér­old, and hus­band of Adé­laïde-Él­ise Roll­et.

Hérold en­rolled at the Pa­ris Con­ser­va­to­ry in 1806. He won the Prix de Rome in 1812.

He then spent a year and a half in Na­ples, It­aly, try­ing to re­co­ver from ill­ness. While there, he taught the king’s daugh­ters and pro­duced an op­era.

After re­turn­ing to Pa­ris, he wrote op­eras, sym­pho­nies, con­cer­tos, so­na­tas, and oth­er mu­sic.

Works

• Marie, 1825
• Zampa, 1831
• Ludovic