Background
Alard was born on March 8, 1815, Bayonne, Aquitaine, France. He was the son of an amateur violinist, Jean Allard and Jeanne-Marie-Bertrande Julien.
Alard was born on March 8, 1815, Bayonne, Aquitaine, France. He was the son of an amateur violinist, Jean Allard and Jeanne-Marie-Bertrande Julien.
From 1827 he was a pupil of F. A. Habeneck at the Paris Conservatoire.
His compositions had great success in France, while his violin school had a wider vogue and considerably greater value. His playing was full of fire and point, and his compositions had great success in France, while his violin school had a wider vogue and considerably greater value. He was a representative of the modern French school of violin playing, composed nocturnes, duets, études, etc., for the violin, and was the author of an Ecole du violon, which was adopted by the Conservatoire. Mention should also be made of his edition in 40 parts of a selection of violin compositions by the most eminent masters of the 18th century, Les Maitres classiques du violon (Schott).
He married Jeanne-Émilie Vuillaume, (1827-1889), daughter of the great luthier Jean Baptiste Vuillaume of this union. Hey had two daughters.
