Eugène Gautier (27 February 1822 in Vaugirard (then a suburb of Paris) – 1 April 1878 in Paris) was a French classical violinist and composer. He was a teacher of

history of music Although definitions of music vary wildly throughout the world, every known culture partakes in it, and it is thus considered a cultural universal. The origins of music remain highly contentious; commentators often relate it to the origin of la ...

at the

Conservatoire de Paris The Conservatoire de Paris (), or 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 Jean Ja ...

from 1872. Gautier is buried in the 1st division of the Père-Lachaise Cemetery.

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* * 1822 births Musicians from Paris 1878 deaths 19th-century French violinists 19th-century French male musicians French male classical violinists Academic staff of the Conservatoire de Paris Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery {{France-musician-stub