Frédéric Boulanger

Frédéric Boulanger (June 1777 – 2 April 1844) was a French cellist, composer and professor of singing at the Conservatoire de Paris.

Biography Boulanger was born in Dresden and later studied at the Conservatoire de Paris, where he won first prize in cello in 1797. There, he met his future wife, the mezzo-soprano Marie-Julie Halligner, later affiliated with the Théâtre de l'Opéra-Comique.

Later, he was appointed professor of cello at the institution, attached to the Chapelle royale.

The Boulangers had a son, Ernest, in 1815, who became a composer of comic operas and fathered musicians Nadia and Lili Boulanger (thus making Frédéric their grandfather). During Ernest's childhood, Frédéric deserted his family.

He died in Paris on 2 April 1844; he was 66.