Nicolas-Charles Bochsa

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Nicolas-Charles Bochsa
Portrait by Peter Copmann [da], 1837
Born	9 August 1789 Montmédy, France
Died	6 January 1856 (1856-01-07) (aged 66) Sydney, Australia
Occupation(s)	Composer, harpist
Spouse	Georgette Ducrest (m. 1815)[a]
Partner(s)	Amy Wilson,[b] Anna Bishop
Children	2 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]

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