Honoré Langlé

Honoré François Marie Langlé (French pronunciation: [ɔnɔʁe fʁɑ̃swa maʁi lɑ̃ɡle]; 1741–1807) was a French theorist of music of Monegasque origin, composer, and author of a Traité d'harmonie et de modulation (Paris: Boyer, 1795). Napoleon named him to the newly founded Paris Conservatoire. Born to a family originally from Picardy that was established at Monaco in the 18th century, Langlé showed so much early promise in music that Honoré III of Monaco sent him with an endowment to Naples at the age of fifteen. There he studied harmony and counterpoint at the Conservatorio della Pietà dei Turchini under the direction of Pasquale Cafaro.