Bernhard Joseph Klein (6 March 1793 – 9 September 1832) was a German composer.Klein was born in Cologne. He married Lili Parthey (1800–1829) who was the sister of Gustav Parthey (1798–1832) and the granddaughter of Friedrich Nicolai (1733–1811). Their daughter, Elisabeth Klein (1828–1899), married Egyptologist Carl Richard Lepsius (1810–1883) on 5 July 1846.In 1812, he went to Paris and became a pupil of Luigi Cherubini.

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