A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Beffara, Louis

BEFFARA, Louis François, born at Nonancourt, Aug. 23, 1751; from 1792 to 1816 Commissaire de Police in Paris, where he died Feb. 2, 1838. Renowned for his collection of documents on the Paris operas, which were unfortunately consumed at the burning of the Hotel de Ville during the Commune in 1871 . For completeness and genuineness the collection could not be surpassed, and its loss is irreparable.

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