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Dictionary of music, 1908
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1the Archduke, subsequently Kaiser Matthias; G. was a famous contrapuntist (Magnificat 4–6 voc. [1547], and "Quatuor missæ 5, 6, et 8 vocum" [1581]).
3Gaudentios, "the philosopher," Greek writer on music, probably older than Ptolemy (2nd century A.D.). His "Introductio harmonica" (Αρμονικὴ εἰσαγωγὴ), based on Aristoxenos, was published with Latin translation in the "Antiquae musicæ auctores septum" (1662).
5Gaultier, (1) Jacques (Gautier), named Sieur de Neüe, le vieux ou l'ancien (G. sen.), b. about 1600, Lyons; from 1617–47 royal lutenist in London; d. about 1670, Paris, whither he went in 1647. He was a performer on the lute.
7(2) Denis (G. le jeune ou l'illustre), b. between 1600 and 1610, Marseilles, cousin of the former, d., not after 1664, Paris, famous lutenist, of whom are preserved two printed collections of pieces for the lute ("Pièces de luth," 1660, and "Livre de tablature," the latter of which was published by his widow and Jacques Gaultier [1]), also a work in manuscript ("Codex Hamilton"). Among the pupils of Jacques and Denis G. were: Monton, Du Faux, Gallot, Du But. For various persons named Gaultier in the 17th century, cf. the monograph of Oskar Fleischer ("Vierteljahrschrift f. Mus.-Wiss.," 1886, 1st and 2nd books).
9(3) Pierre, native of Orleans, likewise a composer for the lute, but probably not related to either of the above. He published (1638) suites for the lute, but of little importance.
11(4) Ennémond, son of Jacques, b., according to Fétis, 1635, Vienne (Dauphiné); in 1669 royal chamber lutenist at Paris, published two books of pieces for lute in tablature. He died before 1680.
13(5) Pierre, b. 1642, Cioutat (Provence), and lost his life by shipwreck in the harbour of Cette in 1697. He bought from Lully, in 1685, the patent of an opera enterprise for Marseilles, and started in 1687 with the production of his opera, Le Triomphe de la paix.
15(6) Abbé Aloysius Édouard Camille, b. about 1755 in Italy, d. Sept. 19, 1818, Paris; he compiled a new method for the instruction of the elements of music, which he described as "Éléments de musique propres à faciliter aux enfants la connaissance des notes, des mesures et des tons, au moyen de la méthode des jeux instructifs" (1789).
17Gauthier, Gabriel, b. 1808 in the department of Saône-et-Loire, became blind when he was a year old; in 1818 he was pupil, and afterwards teacher, at the Institution for the Blind at Paris, and also organist of St. Étienne du Mont. He published: "Répertoire des maitres de chapelle" (1842–45, five vols.); "Considérations sur la question de la réforme du plainchant et sur l'emploi de la musique ordinaire dans les églises" (1843); and "Le mécanisme de la composition instrumentale" (1845).
19Gautier, (1) Jean François Eugène, b Feb. 27, 1822, Vaugirard, near Paris, d. April 3, 1878, Paris, pupil of Habeneck (violin) and Halévy (composition) at the Conservatoire; in 1848 second conductor at the Théâtre National, subsequently, at the Théâtre Lyrique; in 1864 he became professor of harmony at the Conservatoire, which post he exchanged in 1872 for that of professor of history; he was musical critic of various Parisian papers, from 1874 of the Journal Officiel, and for several years maître de chapelle at St Eugène. He composed a number (fourteen) of comic operas, mostly of one act, which were produced at the Théâtre Lyrique and the Opéra Comique, besides an oratorio (La Mort de Jésu), an "Ave Maria," a cantata (Le 15 Août), and prepared Don Juan, Figaro, and Freischütz for the Théâtre Lyrique.
21(2) Théophile, b. Aug. 31, 1811, Tarbes, d. Oct. 23, 1872, Paris, a noteworthy writer, author of the novel "Mademoiselle de Maupin"; for a long time he was editor of the dramatic feuilleton of the Presse and of the Moniteur Universelle. He published: "Histoire de l'art dramatique en France depuis vingt-cinq ans" (1859, six small vols.). These, and the works which he also left—"Histoire du romantisme" and "Portraits contemporains"—contain interesting details concerning singers, composers, etc
23Gaveaux, Pierre, b. Aug., 1761, Béziers (Hérault), d. Feb. 5, 1825, Paris, a tenor singer at the collegiate church of St. Severin, Bordeaux, where he was pupil for composition of Franz Beck, he then became opera-singer at Bordeaux, Montpelier, and from 1789, at the Opéra Comique, Paris (Théâtre de Monsieur, Théâtre Feydeau). G. composed a large number (thirty-three) of operas, mostly for the Théâtre Feydeau (among which, Léonore, ou l'amour conjugal, identical in subject with Beethoven's Fidelio). In 1812 he lost his reason for a time, and from 1819 became an incurable lunatic.
25Gaviniés, Pierre, b. May 26, 1726, Bordeaux, from which city his father (violin-maker) afterwards went to Paris, d. there Sept. 9, 1800; one of the most important of French violinists of the last century, whom Viotti distinguished by the title "the French Tartini." He was, for the most part, self-taught. In 1741 he made his début at a Concert Spirituel, and created a great impression by his expressive and noble style of playing. From 1796 until his death he was professor of the violin at the Conservatoire. G. composed: "Les 24 matinées" (études in all keys), six violin concertos, and three violin sonatas; the heaped-up difficulties, some of them doing violence to the nature of the instrument, cause one to entertain a high opinion of his powers as a virtuoso. An opera (Le prétendu) was produced in 1760. (Cf. Fayolle,
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