Nicolas Isouard (or Nicolò Isouard) (b. 16 May 1773, Porto Salvo, Valletta, Malta – d. March 23, 1818, Paris) was a Maltese composer.Isouard studied in Rabat or Mdina with Francesco Azopardi, in Palermo with Giuseppe Amendola, and in Naples with Nicola Sala and Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi. From 1795 he was organist at St.