Johann Peter Cavallo
Appearance
Johann Peter Cavallo | |
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Born | 23 December 1819 Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria |
Origin | Paris, France |
Died | 19 April 1892 (aged 72) |
Genres | Classical, chamber |
Instrument(s) | Organ, piano |
Johann Peter Cavallo (23 December 1819 – 19 April 1892)[1] was a German organist, pianist and composer of Italian origin and active in France.[2]
Life
[edit]Born in Munich, Cavallo settled in Paris around 1842,[3] where he was organist in the churches of St. Vincent de Paul,[3] St. Germain-des-Prés[2] and St. Nicolas des Champs between 1851 and 1863. He became famous as a pianist in the 1850s. He published, among others, Veillées des salons,[4] a monthly sheet music magazine of short piano pieces of his own compositions in association with choirmaster Frédéric Viret.[5]
Selected works
[edit]- Valse rustique, Op. 24
- Le Crépuscule, Op. 33
- Un Dernier jour d'hiver, Op. 46
- Mazurka, Op. 47
- La Tristesse, Op. 48
- Fandango, Op. 49
- Le Vertige, Op. 50
- Pensée fugitive, Op. 56
- Galop des Sylphes, Op. 57
- Près la fontaine du loup, Op. 61
References
[edit]- ^ Joël-Marie Fauquet (editor), Dictionnaire de la Musique en France au xixe siècle (Paris: Fayard, 2003), p. 1405.
- ^ a b Åstrand, Hans (2005). Nomenclator over udvalgte Komponister og Arrangører (PDF) (in Danish). Stockholm: Fuks Nodeblibiotek. p. 148.
- ^ a b Ochse, Orpha (2000). Organists and Organ Playing in Nineteenth-Century France and Belgium. Indiana University Press. pp. 48–49. ISBN 025-321-423-8.
- ^ Bibliothèque nationale (1826). "Bibliographie de la France". Bibliographie de la France, Ou, Journal Général de l'Imprimerie et de la Librairie (in French). Paris: Cercle de la librairie: 304. ISSN 0006-1344.
- ^ Gazette Musicalle (1852). Gazette musicale de Paris, Vol 19 (in French). Paris: Gazette nusicalle de Paris. p. 140. OCLC 62382040.
- Attribution
- This article is based on the translation of the corresponding article of the French Wikipedia. A list of contributors can be found there at the History section.
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