Bochsa was a French composer and harp virtuoso in his time. He was the son of an oboe player and worked at the French Court 1813-1817. He published numerous solo works for harp and one harp school. Some of his works were published by his own publishing house. On the harp he invented several techniques such as the way to play a chromatic flageolet.
Numerous transgressions (document forgery, bigamy and so on) made him leave several times the respective country.
On the other hand, he was a very famous and esteemed musicians and composer. From 1822 to 1827, he was professor for harp at the Royal Academy of Music in London. Then he toured through the whole world. He died in 1856 after a colorful life in Australia.
Nocturne en trio for horn, clarinet and harp
The work was first published by Simrock 1815.
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