Pierre-Louis Hus-Desforges

Pierre-Louis Hus-Desforges (24 March 1773[1] – 20 January 1838) was a French cellist, conductor and composer. He is sometimes incorrectly referred to as "Pierre-Louis Hus-Desforges Jarnowick".[2]

For other uses, see Hus and Desforges.
Pierre-Louis Hus-Desforges
Born24 March 1773
Toulon
Died20 January 1838(1838-01-20) (aged 64)
Pontlevoy
OccupationCellist
Conductor
Composer.

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

References
  1. Biographers 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.
  2. "Pierre-Louis Hus-Desforges Jarnowick". The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians online.
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