Désiré-Alexandre Batton, was a French composer, and was a student of which Italian composer who spent most of his working life in France, and Beethoven regarded him as the greatest of his contemporaries?
Luigi Cherubini Luigi Cherubini (] ; 8 or 14 September 1760 – 15 March 1842) was an Italian composer who spent most of his working life in France. His most significant compositions are operas and sacred music. Beethoven regarded Cherubini as the greatest of his contemporaries.
Joseph Panny Joseph Panny (23 October 1796 – 7 September 1838) was an Austrian composer and violinist who lived primarily in Vienna. A contemporary of Ludwig van Beethoven, very few of his works remain in the active repertoire today.