Johann Peter Cavallo (23 December 1819 – 19 April 1892)

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(editor), ''Dictionnaire de la Musique en France au xixe siècle'' (Paris:

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, 2003), p. 1405. was a German organist, pianist and composer of Italian origin and active in France.

Life

Born in

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, Cavallo settled in Paris around 1842, where he was organist in the churches of

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, St. Germain-des-Prés and St. Nicolas des Champs between 1851 and 1863. He became famous as a pianist in the 1850s. He published, among others, ''Veillées des salons,'' a monthly sheet music magazine of short piano pieces of his own compositions in association with

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Selected works

*''Valse rustique'', Op. 24 *''Le Crépuscule'', Op. 33 *''Un Dernier jour d'hiver'', Op. 46 *''Mazurka'', Op. 47 *''La Tristesse'', Op. 48 *''Fandango'', Op. 49 *''Le Vertige'', Op. 50 *''Pensée fugitive'', Op. 56 *''Galop des Sylphes'', Op. 57 *''Près la fontaine du loup'', Op. 61

References

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* 1819 births 1892 deaths 19th-century German classical composers 19th-century German male musicians People from the Kingdom of Bavaria German expatriates in France German male classical composers German male organists German people of Italian descent German Romantic composers Musicians from Munich Sacred music composers 19th-century German organists {{germany-composer-stub