Ferdinand Hérold [SEP] date of death
Ferdinand Hérold
Louis Joseph Ferdinand Hérold (28 January 1791 – 19 January 1833), better known as Ferdinand Hérold (), was a French operatic composer of Alsatian descent who also wrote many pieces for the piano, orchestra, and the ballet. He is best known today for the ballet "La fille mal gardée" and the overture to the opera "Zampa".
Biography.
L. J. F. Hérold was born in Paris, the only child of François-Joseph Hérold, a pianist, teacher,
Ludovic (opera)
Ludovic is a two act opéra comique to a libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges. The music, by Ferdinand Hérold, was left unfinished at his death, and the work was completed by Fromental Halévy. 
The plot, elements of which were later reworked by Halévy and Saint-Georges in "Le val d'Andorre" (1847), centres on misplaced alliance, love, forced conscription, flight, pardon and marriage. 
Chopin wrote a set of variations (opus 12