Ferdinand Gasse (1780) was a French violinist and composer.

Life

Born in Naples, Gasse, who was probably related to the architect Louis-Silvestre Gasse, born eight years later in Naples, attended the violin class of Pierre Rode at the Conservatoire de Paris from 1798. He also had lessons with Rodolphe Kreutzer, the dedicatee of Beethoven's famous Kreutzer-Sonata. He also studied

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with Charles-Simon Catel and

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with François-Joseph Gossec. From 1801 Gasse was violinist at the

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. In 1805 he received the deuxième Grand Prix de Rome for his cantata ''Cupidon pleurant Psyché'' (after a text by

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). During his stay in Rome he composed, among others, a double choir ''Te Deum'' and a ''Christe eleison'', works which were applauded by Étienne-Nicolas Méhul. From 1810 to 1812 Gasse stayed in Naples before coming to Paris, where he resumed his activity as violinist at the Grand Opéra after the interruption of his stay in Italy. In the year of his arrival, his opéra bouffe ''La finta Zingara'' was premiered here. In 1834 Gasse retired with a pension; his exact date of death is not known. In addition to several other operas, Gasse composed mainly works for the violin. It is assumed that Gasse was the father of Edme-Hippolyte Gasse. The pupil of François-Joseph Fétis and

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taught solfège at the Conservatoire de Paris and died early on 11 January 1831.

Selected works

Operas

* ''La Finta Zingara'', 1812 * ''Le Voyage incognito'', 1819 * ''L'Idiote'', 1820 * ''Une Nuit de Gustav Wasa'', 1825 * ''L'Ange gardien ou Soeur Marie'', 1831

Publications

* ''Méthode de violon'', 1803 * ''Cours de musique'', 1830

References

External links

Palmarès de tous les lauréats du Prix de Rome en composition musicale

Ferdinand Gasse
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