Theodore Gouvy (1819 - 1898)
France

Théodore Gouvy (1819-1898) was born into a French speaking family in the Alsatian village of Goffontaine which at the time belonged to Prussia. 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. 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 distain 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. During his lifetime, his compositions, and especially his chamber music, were held in high regard and often performed in those countries (Germany, Austria, England, Scandinavia & Russia) where chamber music mattered. But in France, he never achieved real acclaim. Gouvy was universally acknowledged for being a master of form and for his deft sense of instrumental timbre. Mendelssohn and Schumann were his models and his music developed along the lines one might have expected of those men had they lived longer. Virtually all of his works show that he was a gifted melodist whose music is a joy to hear. (Hide extended text) ... (Read all)
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Petite Suite Gauloise (Op.90)
Theodore Gouvy

Wind ensemble (original instrumentation) / 1 PDF /

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1902
By Fs, the 27 Sep 2016

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Octet No.1 (Op.71)
Theodore Gouvy

Flute, oboe, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns (original instrumentation) / 8 PDF /

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1879
By Fs, the 20 Jun 2017

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Danse suédoise (Op.71 No.2)
Theodore Gouvy

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Arranger : Horn, August

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1879
By Fs, the 20 Jun 2017

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Hymne et marche (Op.35)
Theodore Gouvy

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By Fs, the 20 Jun 2017