David CharltonDavid Charlton is Professor of Music History at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is the author of Grétry and the Growth of Opéra-Comique (Cambridge, 1986), E. T. A. Hoffman's Musical Writings: Kreisleriana; The Poet and the Composer; Music Crticism (Cambridge, 1989) and most recently, French Opera 1730–1830 (2000). Read More Read Less