Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:

Ernest Guiraud (] ; 26 June 1837 – 6 May 1892) was a French composer and music teacher born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is best known for writing the traditional orchestral recitatives used for Bizet's opera "Carmen" and for Offenbach's opera "Les contes d'Hoffmann" ("The Tales of Hoffmann").

Hypothesis: Ernest Guiraud (] ; 26 June 1837 – 6 May 1892) was a French composer and music teacher born in New Orleans, Louisiana and was too old to be a composer
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