Benedit, Pierre Gustave 7.apr.1802-8.dec.1870 France, Marseille - Marseille
singer, poet, no composer, 1827 completed study at Conservatoire de Paris with first prize lyrical declamation and voicing, debuted at Theatre Odeon in Paris, c1835-1870 singing teacher at Conservatoire de Marseille, 2.dec.1839 he wrote a letter to Giacomo Meyerbeer, until his death music critic and editor of the musical journal Semaphore