Hippolyte Monpou: Le Planteur (1839) – Ouverture

The Overture to 'Le Planteur' by Hippolyte Monpou (1804-1841), presented for the first time on 1 March 1839 at the Opéra-Comique in Paris. Monpou was a popular songwriter, and among the first to set poetry by Alfred de M…