Johann Peter Cavallo

Johann Peter Cavallo was an organist, pianist and composer of Italian origin born and raised in Munich in 1819^[1] and died after 1863. He settled in Paris around 1842,^[2] where he was organist in the churches of St. Vincent de Paul,^[2] St. Germain-des-Prés^[1] and St. Nicolas des Champs between 1851 and 1863. He became famous as pianist in the 1850s and then published Veillées des salons,^[3] a monthly sheet music magazine of short piano pieces of his own compositions in association with choirmaster Frédéric Viret.^[4]

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. Åstrand, Hans (2005). Nomenclator over udvalgte Komponister og Arrangører (PDF) (in Danish). Stockholm: Fuks Nodeblibiotek. p. 148.
2. Ochse, Orpha (2000). Organists and Organ Playing in Nineteenth-Century France and Belgium. Indiana University Press. pp. 48–49. ISBN 025-321-423-8.
3. Bibliothèque nationale (1826). Bibliographie de la France (in French). Paris: Cercle de la librairie. p. 304. ISSN 0006-1344
4. 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.

External links

• Free scores by Johann Peter Cavallo at the International Music Score Library Project