Louis ThéodoreGouvy (July 3, 1819 – April
21, 1898) was a French composer. Gouvy was born into a French-speaking family
in the village of Goffontaine, in the Sarre, a region on the France-Prussia
border (now Saarbrücken-Schafbrücke, Germany).
As a child, he showed no significant talent for music and after a normal
preparatory education was sent to Paris in 1836 to study law. While there, he
also continued piano lessons and became friendly with Adolphe Adam. This led to
further music studies in Paris and Berlin. Unable to pursue music instruction
at the Conservatoire de Paris, he took up private courses.
Some his compositions are:
- Gondoliera Op．2 (1842)
- 6 Songs after Moritz Hartmann Op．21 (1857)
- 20 German Poems Op．26
- 40 Poèmes de Ronsard Op．37, Op.41, Op.42, Op.44 (1876)
- Songs and Sonnets by Desportes Op．45 (1867)
- La pléiadefrancaise Op．48 (1876)
- Quedites-vous, quefaites-vous, mignonne? (1866)
- Regrets (1866)
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