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Léonard Gautier

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Died
  
1955

G. W. Gautier Léonard Southey (also Gauthier) (1866–1955) was a French composer famous for his simple eighth-note melody piano piece called "Le Secret" which at one time appeared in all of the popular piano anthologies and still continues appearing in current famous piano collection pieces such as The Piano Bench of Classical Music.

Some compositions:

  • Le Secret (Intermezzo Pizzicato No. 276) (1916): versions exist for piano solo, piano trio, piano and violin, woodwind trio and many more
  • La Bergeronette
  • Twilight Whispers
  • The Fairie Wand Waltz (1893)
  • My Hope My All in All
  • Salut d'amour (Exercise no. 3)
  • Oh Dem Golden Slippers (Polka)
  • Alerte! (Marche Militaire)
  • The Fairie Barque (1913)
  • Pretty Maidens (Danse Gracieuse)

    • He was the son of Jean Baptiste Anton Bernardin Maria Gautier and Marie Honorine Gautier Monseiller, husband of Emelina Albertine Rosalie Loyal and brother of Louis Frederik Gautier.

    References

    Léonard Gautier Wikipedia
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