Talk:Jean-Delphin Alard

Date
I changed Alard's date of birth from May 8, 1815 to March 8, 1815 on the basis of the following evidence:

The following give March 8 as Alard's day of birth:  The New International Encyclopaedia, page 260 (cited in this article) [|The French Wikipedia article] [|Henri Bertini, Pianiste virtuose, compositeur de musique,] by Pascal Beyles, page 27. [|A Biographical Dictionary of Musicians] (Baker, Theodore), page 9  

The following give May 8 as Alard's day of birth:

 This article. [|Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.)]. Cambridge University Press (cited in this article). 

Does anyone know any other (more authoritative) references?

James Bailey (talk) 03:52, 2 March 2013 (UTC)