Jacques-François Gallay (8 December 1795 – 18 October 1864)"Gallay, Jacques François". Grove Music Online. was a French

horn Horn most often refers to: *Horn (acoustic), a conical or bell shaped aperture used to guide sound ** Horn (instrument), collective name for tube-shaped wind musical instruments *Horn (anatomy), a pointed, bony projection on the head of various ...

player, academic and composer of music for the instrument. His ''Méthode'' for the

natural horn The natural horn is a musical instrument that is the predecessor to the modern-day (French) horn (differentiated by its lack of valves). Throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth century the natural horn evolved as a separation from the trump ...

was published in 1845.

Life

Gallay was born in

Perpignan Perpignan (, , ; ca, Perpinyà ; es, Perpiñán ; it, Perpignano ) is the prefecture of the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France, in the heart of the plain of Roussillon, at the foot of the Pyrenees a few kilometres from the ...

, in the south of France, in 1795; his father was an amateur horn player. His ability was noted during his youth, but he was reluctant to travel to Paris to study. Eventually in 1820 he entered the

Paris Conservatoire 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 ...

, and studied with the horn player Louis Francois Dauprat."Jacques-Francois Gallay"
naturalhorn.com. Retrieved 13 August 2019."The Non-measured Preludes of Jacques-François Gallay"
Horn Matters, 11 June 2008. Retrieved 14 August 2019. He played at the Théâtre-Italien in Paris from 1825, and was a member of the Chapelle royale at about this time. From 1832 he was a member of the band of King

Louis Philippe I Louis Philippe (6 October 1773 – 26 August 1850) was King of the French from 1830 to 1848, and the penultimate monarch of France. As Louis Philippe, Duke of Chartres, he distinguished himself commanding troops during the Revolutionary War ...

. He succeeded Dauprat as professor of the horn at the Conservatoire, remaining in the post until his death in 1864.

Works

Gallay wrote ''Méthode pour le Cor'' (1845) for the

. He wrote many ''études'' and other works for horn, including two horn concertos. His ''Préludes méasurés et non méasurés'' ("Measured and

unmeasured prelude Unmeasured or non-measured prelude is a prelude in which the duration of each note is left to the performer. Typically the term is used for 17th century harpsichord compositions that are written without rhythm or metre indications, although various ...

s"), Op. 27, are notable.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gallay, Jacques-Francois 1795 births 1864 deaths French classical horn players People from Perpignan Conservatoire de Paris alumni Academic staff of the Conservatoire de Paris 19th-century classical musicians