Hippolyte Andre Jean Baptiste Chelard, a French composer, born in Paris, Feb. 1, 1789, died in Weimar, Feb. 12, 1861. The son of a musician, he studied in Paris, Rome, and Naples, and his first comic opera, Cam da ven-dere, was performed in the latter city in 1815. In 1816 he became a violinist at the grand opera in Paris, and a music teacher. The above mentioned opera was produced at the Italian theatre in 1816, and Macbeth, a lyrical opera in three acts, at the grand opera in June, 1827. Although Rouget de Lisle wrote the libretto, and the trio of the witches and the choruses produced a great dramatic effect, the opera was not successful in Paris; but Chelard having added an act, and produced a German version, it was favorably received in Munich in 1828, and the king of Bavaria appointed him chapelmas-ter. Having returned to Paris to meet with new failures, he went back to Munich in 1830, and thence to London as leader of the German opera (1832-'3). In 1830 he went to Weimar as chapelmaster. Here in 1848 he was thrown into the shade by Liszt. Having been pensioned in 1852, he made in 1854 a not very successful attempt in Paris, and soon afterward he went back to Weimar. His productions were much more popular in Germany than in France. His best opera is the Herr-mannsschlacht, first produced in 1835.