A student of Jean-Baptiste Krumpholtz, François-Joseph Naderman became a famous musician after the French Revolution, and his reputation continued under the Consulate, the First Empire and the Restorationof the monarchy. In 1815 he was appointed harpist for the Royal Chapel and court composer to the king,[1]and in 1825 he became the first harp professor at the Conservatoire de Paris.[3] He soon began touring around Europe as a virtuoso of the harp. He was a music publisher and a manufacturer of harps in Paris at “The Golden Key”, on Rue de la Loi. After his death his widow continued to sell harps, including sheet music of her husband bearing the stamp-signature: Widow Naderman.
Harpist-Composers 1600 – present
by Ernestine Stoop