Jean Pierre Oscar (Oscar) Comettant (1819–98)

French music critic. Paris conservatoire, 1839; from 1844, a popular salon pianist and composer. In the US, 1852–5. In Paris from 1855; became known as a writer on music and other subjects. Made foreign tours to study indigenous music on behalf of the French government. With his wife, Suzanne Joséphine Cade, a singer, founded the Institut Musical, a music school for women, in 1871.