Antoine Clapisson was born on November 13, 1779 in Lyon. His father Léonard was a wind instrument maker there. Clapisson was probably a horn student of Giovanni Puntos (1745-1803) in Paris. He participated as a military musician in the Egypt campaign of Napoleon Bonaparte 1798-1801 part. In 1805 he married the Swiss Philippine Dubois. At that time he was a musician in the 22nd Light Infantry Regiment in Besançon. Later, before 1808, he moved with his family to Naples. There he was with local Kin...