Louis Stanislas Xavier Verroust (10 May 1814 – 9 or 11 April 1863) was a French composer and oboist.

Biographical sketch

Verroust was born in

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. He received a second prize in

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's class in oboe in 1833,Reynolds, Lindsey (2007), ''The Influence of Nineteenth-century French Opera on the Oboe Solos de Concert of Louis-Stanislas-Xavier Verroust''
Dissertation for the University of Northern Colorado, p. 12, partially referring to Fétis, 1875. followed by a first prize in the next year. Also a fine violinist, he became second violinist in the orchestra of the

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in 1831. He taught oboe at the

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from 1853 to 1860, succeeding Gustave Vogt in this position and preceding

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. Verroust's published compositions, many of which included parts for oboe, numbered around 85 (Op. 85, his next-to-last concert solo, was published posthumously, possibly Op. 86 as well).See IMSLP and essay below. He died on either 9 or 11 April 1863, also in Hazebrouck.

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Essay on the 12 Oboe Concertos of Stanislas Verroust
(concerns the 12 Solos de Concert for oboe with piano or quartet by Verroust published by Richault between 1858 and 1864) 1814 births 1863 deaths 19th-century classical composers 19th-century French composers 19th-century French male musicians Academic staff of the Conservatoire de Paris Conservatoire de Paris alumni French classical oboists French male classical composers French Romantic composers French male oboists People from Hazebrouck {{france-composer-stub