4025438081274

Theodore Gouvy: Chamber Music

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Format: CD

Cat No: B108127

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Release Date:  05 December 2025

Label:  Farao Classics - Cd / Farao Classics

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  4025438081274

Genres:  Classical  Chamber Music  

Composer/Series:  Theodore Gouvy

  • Description

    Theodore Gouvy, a composer hailing from Saarland-Lorraine, combines French grace, elegance, and clarity of structure with German depth and thoroughness. His work chiefly consists of symphonic and chamber music; he shaped the French wind school and influenced neoclassicism. With his septet, octets, and nonets, Gouvy anticipates modern ensembles that would only really come into their own at the turn of the twentieth century. As a bilingual musician, he straddled the cultures of Germany and France and acted as a true musical link between the two countries. This twofold cultural connection influenced his artistic orientation and shaped the special profile of his oeuvre. Gouvy was as well known, recognized, and respected in France as he was in Germany, but was too German for one and too French for the other, such that neither nation really claimed him for its own. Despite his brilliant career, he was unjustly forgotten in the twentieth century.