Gustave Vogt (18 March 1781 – 20 May 1870) was a French oboist and composer.

Biography

Born in

Strasbourg Strasbourg (, , ; german: Straßburg ; gsw, label=Bas Rhin Alsatian, Strossburi , gsw, label=Haut Rhin Alsatian, Strossburig ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France and the official seat of the Eu ...

, Vogt followed his parents to Paris at a very young age, where he entered the

Conservatoire de Paris The Conservatoire de Paris (), also known as the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue ...

on 7 July 1798 and became a pupil of François Sallantin for

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. He made such rapid progress that he was awarded a First Prize in this instrument at the end of the following year. He later attended the

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course of

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at the same institution. Vogt entered the orchestra of the Théâtre Montansier as second oboe in 1798, then joined that of the

Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique The Théâtre de l’Ambigu-Comique (, literally, Theatre of the Comic-Ambiguity), a former Parisian theatre, was founded in 1769 on the boulevard du Temple immediately adjacent to the Théâtre de Nicolet. It was rebuilt in 1770 and 1786, but in ...

, from where he passed, on 31 May 1801, to the Comédie Italienne of the Théâtre de la Victoire, as its first oboe. Vogt then followed Emperor

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as oboist of the music of the

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during the 1805 campaign. At the same time as the

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, he met

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and

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in Vienna. Back in Paris, he was the first oboe of the

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and kept this post until 1814. He then joined the

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as successor of his teacher Sallantin. He remained there until 1854, the time of his retirement. After he became a member of the

Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire The Orchestre de la Société des concerts du Conservatoire was a symphony orchestra established in Paris in 1828. It gave its first concert on 9 March 1828 with music by Beethoven, Rossini, Meifreid, Rode and Cherubini. Administered by the philha ...

in 1838, he played first oboe there until 1844. In 1835, he was called to London for the season as first oboe of the

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. In 1838, Vogt made a second trip to London and spent the entire season there, being sought after for his talent in all musical societies. Back in Paris, he returned to his position as first oboe of the Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, where he was as much noticed by the beauty of the sound he derived from the instrument as by the quality of his performance. As early as 1808, he had been appointed assistant professor of oboe at the Conservatory, where he became a full professor during the new organisation of 1816. He formed there all the French oboists who made a name for themselves at that time, particularly

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, Stanislas Verroust, Vinit, Barré, Lavigne, de La Barre and many others. Appointed first oboe of the King's Chapell in 1815, he retained this position until the 1830

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. In 1839, he was awarded the Order of the

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. Vogt retired from teaching at the Conservatory in 1853.

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ed. by

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, ''Biographie universelle des musiciens et bibliographie générale de la musique: Supplément et complément'', vol. 2 (Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1880), p. 634.

Works

* ''Airs du ballet de Nina et de l'Épreuve villageoise, arrangés en sérénade pour des instruments à vent'', Paris, Frey * ''La Bordelaise, grande marche militaire en harmonie'', Paris, A. Petit * ''Sérénade pour harmonie militaire'', Paris, Frey * ''Première sérénade sur un choix d'airs d’opéras'', ''ibid.'' * ''Trois nocturnes ou pots-pourris d'airs connus pour flûte, hautbois, cor et basson'', Paris, Pleyel * ''Concertos pour hautbois et orchestre, no. 1 (in F) ; no. 3 (in D minor)'', Paris, Pleyel * ''Romance de Joseph variée pour le hautbois, avec orchestre'', Paris, Sieber * ''Trois airs variés idem'', Paris, Janet * ''Solo du Carnaval de Venise varié idem'', ''ibid.'' * ''Troisième concerto pour hautbois et orchestre'', Paris, Janet * ''Lettre A. Solo pour cor anglais et orchestre'', Paris, Richault * ''Air varié pour hautbois avec orchestre ou piano, lettre B'', ''ibid.'' * ''Concerto pour hautbois et orchestre ou piano, lettre C'', ''ibid.'' * ''Duo pour deux hautbois et orchestre ou piano '', ''ibid.'' * ''Mélodie anglaise variée, pour le hautbois et l’orchestre ou le piano'', ''ibid.'' * ''Quatrième concertino pour hautbois'', Paris, Costallat * ''Adagio religioso, trio pour deux hautbois et cor anglais'', Paris, Richault * ''Fantaisie et variations sur un thème russe, pour hautbois avec accompagnement de piano'', ''ibid.'' * ''Six Solos de concert pour le hautbois avec accompagnement de piano'', ''ibid.''

References

Bibliography

* Geoffrey Burgess: ''The Premier Oboist of Europe: A Portrait of Gustave Vogt'' (Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, 2003), . *

, ''Biographie universelle des musiciens'', vol. 8 (Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1870), pp. 380–381. * Geneviève Honegger: "Gustave Vogt", in ', vol. 38, p. 4028.

External links

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