Klarinet Archive - Posting 000323.txt from 2003/07

From: "Michael Bryant" <michael@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Boufil vs. Bouffil vs. Bouffill
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 02:20:31 -0400

Postscript - Fetis wrote (in French):
"JJB, who was born on 14th May 1783,
entered the Conservatoire on the 6th Prairial, year V."

The date was unfamiliar to me. The French Revolutionary
Calendar was in force from 22nd September 1793
(becoming 1 Vendemiaire), to 1st January 1806.
6th Prairial V was therefore 25th May 1797. He was 14.
Source: Jean Mongredien, pages 347-8.
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