Johann Peter Cavallo

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]

Johann Peter Cavallo
Born23 December 1819
Munich, Germany
OriginParis, France
Died19 April 1892 (aged 72)
GenresClassical, chamber
Instrument(s)Organ, piano

Life

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

  • 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

  1. Joël-Marie Fauquet (editor), Dictionnaire de la Musique en France au xixe siècle (Paris: Fayard, 2003), p. 1405.
  2. Åstrand, Hans (2005). Nomenclator over udvalgte Komponister og Arrangører (PDF) (in Danish). Stockholm: Fuks Nodeblibiotek. p. 148.
  3. Ochse, Orpha (2000). Organists and Organ Playing in Nineteenth-Century France and Belgium. Indiana University Press. pp. 48–49. ISBN 025-321-423-8.
  4. 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.
  5. 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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