Pierre-Louis Hus-Desforges (24 March 1773Biographers erroneously gave 14 March as birth date but his baptismal certificate in the Saint-Louis parish says: "The year thousand seven hundred seventy-three" and ""twenty four March" was born and baptized by me, the undersigned, Pierre Louis Hus Forges, son of Louis, musician, and Anne Marchand, his wife. – 20 January 1838) was a French cellist, conductor and composer. He is sometimes incorrectly referred to as "Pierre-Louis Hus-Desforges Jarnowick"."Pierre-Louis Hus-Desforges Jarnowick". The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians online.
The grandson of theatre manager Barthélemy Hus-Desforges, he came from a long line of entertainers, the Hus family, and his grandmother was a Courtenay.
After he finished his studies at the Conservatoire de Paris with Benoit Tranquille Berbiguier, he began as a cellist in various orchestras. In the early nineteenth century, he was conductor at St. Petersburg, returned to Paris, then taught in Metz from 1819 to 1822.
Works Concerto pour violoncelle Messe à trois voix et à grand orchestre Several Quintetto pour deux violons, alto, violoncelle et basse Several Sonatines brillantes et faciles pour violoncelle Sinfonie concertante pour violon et violoncelle obligés (c. 1797) L'Autel de sa patrie, melody by Citoyen Desforges (1798) Méthode de violoncelle à l'usage des commençants (1828) 3 duos opus 31 for violin and cello
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External links Some works on Klassika