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Louis Théodore Gouvy
12+ albums
composerClassicalwestern classical musicfrance19th C
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Louis Théodore Gouvy (July 3, 1819 – April 21, 1898) was a French composer. Gouvy was born into a French-speaking family in the Alsatian village of Goffontaine, in the Sarre, a region on the France-Prussia border (now Saarbrücken-Schafbrücke, Germany). Because this region fell under Prussian control shortly before his birth, Théodore Gouvy could not attain French citizenship until the age of 32. As a child, he showed no significant talent for music and after a normal preparatory education was sent to Paris in 1836 to study law. While there, he also continued piano lessons and became friendly with Adolphe Adam. This led to further music studies in Paris and Berlin. Unable to pursue music instruction at the Conservatoire de Paris, he took up private courses. Gouvy was a man of two cultures, divided between France and Germany, from which he drew his inspiration, his characteristics and his force. While to a certain extent he was known and recognized in his lifetime, he fell into obscurity following his death. Gouvy, drawn toward pure instrumental music as opposed to opera, set himself the unenviable task of becoming a French symphonist. It was unenviable because the French, and especially the Parisians, throughout most of the 19th century were opera-mad and not particularly interested in pure instrumental music. It was this disdain for instrumental music in general which led to Gouvy living the last third of his life almost entirely in Germany where he was much appreciated. D
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Lilli Bulléro (Variations pour deux pianos sur un air anglais), Op.62
5812II. Adagio cantabile
1123Petite suite gauloise, Op. 90: III. Ronde de nuit. Allegretto moderato
364Sonata for Piano 4 Hands in C Minor, Op. 49: III. Minuetto: Moderato
325Symphony No. 4 in D Minor, Op. 25: III. Intermezzo. Larghetto
306Petite suite gauloise, Op. 90: IV. Tambourin. Presto
287Duets, Op. 34: I. —
238Duets, Op. 50: II. Sérénade
229Sonate F-Dur op. 51 - Andantino scherzoso
2110Duets, Op. 34: II. —
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II. Adagio cantabile
Gouvy: Symphony No. 4, Symphonie brève & Fantaisie symphonique
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Gouvy: Violin Sonata, Op. 61 & Duets, Opp. 34 & 50
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Avec Esprit: Gouvy, Mélan-Guéroult, Saint-Saens, Ysaye
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Gouvy: Sonatas for Piano 4 Hands
Gouvy: Symphony No. 6 in G Minor, Op. 87 - Sinfonietta in D Major, Op. 80
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Gouvy: Musique de chambre pour vents
Gouvy: Électre, Op. 85
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Gouvy: Cantate, œuvres symphoniques et musique de chambre (Portraits, Vol. 1)
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Gouvy: Requiem in E-Flat Minor, Op. 70 & Cantate de printemps, Op. 73
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Gouvy: Piano Trios Nos. 2 & 3
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Coffee & Music Vol. II