Talk:Jean-Delphin Alard

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Date[edit]

I changed Alard's date of birth from May 8, 1815 to March 8, 1815 on the basis of the following evidence:

The following give March 8 as Alard's day of birth:

The New International Encyclopaedia, page 260 (cited in this article)
[French Wikipedia article]
[Bertini, Pianiste virtuose, compositeur de musique,] by Pascal Beyles, page 27.
[Biographical Dictionary of Musicians] (Baker, Theodore), page 9

The following give May 8 as Alard's day of birth:

This article.
[Britannica (11th ed.)]. Cambridge University Press (cited in this article).

Does anyone know any other (more authoritative) references?

James Bailey (talk) 03:52, 2 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]