Pierre-Louis Hus-Desforges
| Pierre-Louis Hus-Desforges | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born |
24 March 1773 Toulon |
| Died |
20 January 1838 (aged 64) Pontlevoy |
| Occupation |
Cellist Conductor Composer. |
Pierre-Louis Hus-Desforges (24 March 1773[1] – 20 January 1838) was a French cellist, conductor and composer.
The grandson of theatre manager Barthélemy Hus-Desforges, he came from a long line of entertainers, the Hus family, and his grandmother was a Courtenay.
After he finished his studies at the Conservatoire de Paris with Benoit Tranquille Berbiguier, he began as a cellist in various orchestras. In the early nineteenth century, he was conductor at St. Petersburg, returned to Paris, then taught in Metz from 1819 to 1822.
Works
- Concerto pour violoncelle
- Messe à trois voix et à grand orchestre
- Several Quintetto pour deux violons, alto, violoncelle et basse
- Several Sonatines brillantes et faciles pour violoncelle
- Sinfonie concertante pour violon et violoncelle obligés (c. 1797)
- L'Autel de sa patrie, melody by Citoyen Desforges (1798)
- Méthode de violoncelle à l'usage des commençants (1828)
- 3 duos opus 31 for violin and cello
References
- ↑ Biographers erroneously gave 14 March as birth date but his baptismal certificate in the Saint-Louis parish says: "The year thousand seven hundred seventy-three" and ""twenty four March" was born and baptized by me, the undersigned, Pierre Louis Hus Forges, son of Louis, musician, and Anne Marchand, his wife.
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