François Joseph Gossec belongs to the musical record as a figure whose work outlasted the moment that produced it.
The record lists François Joseph Gossec as French composer and conductor.
François Joseph Gossec was born at Vergnies in 1734. His recorded nationality is France.
Music then was written to commission, for a court, a church or a patron, and a composer's freedom was bounded by whoever paid.
He worked as composer, violinist and conductor.
The instruments recorded are violin.
His work is classed as opera and symphony.
He performed with Académie des beaux-arts.
Among his best-known works are Thésée and Gavotte in D Major, RH 318. Music outlives its context more reliably than any other art, and usually for reasons its makers did not predict.
Recognition followed: Knight of the Legion of Honour.
That the work came out of France shaped it: musical traditions, training institutions and the reach of a recording industry all differ by country.
François Joseph Gossec died in 1829, aged 95. The recordings and scores remain, which is the only durable form a musical life takes.
Achievements
- Knight of the Legion of Honour
- Notable work: Thésée
- Notable work: Gavotte in D Major, RH 318
- Instruments: violin
- Genres: opera and symphony
