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François Joseph Gossec
Person · male · France · Vergnies · born 1734 · died 1829 · recording since 1988
French composer and conductor
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Also known as F. Goseks · Gossec · 弗朗索瓦-约瑟夫·戈塞克 · 고섹
Timeline
14 events▣ Album 11◦ Birth 1† Death 1★ Debut release 1
1730s
1820s
1980s
· Debut release
Debut release: Requiem (Missa pro defunctis)
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1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Biography
English biography893 words · 6 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1354386302
Biography
François-Joseph Gossec (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swa ʒozɛf ɡɔsɛk]; 17 January 1734 – 16 February 1829) was a French composer of operas, string quartets, symphonies, and choral works.
Life and work
The son of a small farmer, Gossec was born at the village of Vergnies, then a French exclave in the Austrian Netherlands, now an ancienne commune in the municipality of Froidchapelle, Belgium. Showing an early taste for music, he became a choir-boy in Antwerp. He went to Paris in 1751 and was taken on by the composer Jean-Philippe Rameau. He followed Rameau as the conductor of a private orchestra kept by the fermier général Le Riche de La Poupelinière, a wealthy amateur and patron of music. Gradually he became determined to do something to revive the study of instrumental music in France.
Gossec's own first symphony was performed in 1754, and as conductor to the Prince de Condé's orchestra he produced several operas and other compositions of his own. He imposed his influence on French music with remarkable success. His Requiem premiered in 1760, a ninety-minute piece which made him famous overnight. Years later, in 1778, Mozart visited Gossec during a trip to Paris, and described him in a letter to his father as "a very good friend and a very dry man."
Gossec founded the Concert des Amateurs in 1769 and when he gave up his duties conducting the ensemble in 1773—succeeded by his Concertmaster Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges—he reorganised the Concert Spirituel together with Simon Le Duc and Pierre Gaviniès. In this concert series he conducted his own symphonies as well as those by his contemporaries, particularly works by Joseph Haydn, whose music had become increasingly popular in Paris, finally even superseding Gossec's symphonic work.
In the 1780s Gossec's symphonic output decreased as he began concentrating on operas. He organized the École de Chant in 1784, together with Etienne Méhul, was conductor of the band of the Garde Nationale of the French Revolution, and was appointed (with Méhul and Luigi Cherubini) inspector of the Conservatoire de Musique at its creation in 1795. He was an original member of the Institut and a chevalier of the Legion of Honour. In 1803, he met Napoleon, who admired Gossec very much and asked him if he wanted to work under him, which Gossec declined. In 1815, after the defeat of his friend Napoleon at Waterloo, the Conservatoire was closed for some time by Louis XVIII, and the eighty-one-year-old Gossec had to retire. Until 1817 he worked on his last compositions, including a third Te Deum, and was supported by a pension granted by the Conservatoire.
He died in the Parisian suburb of Passy. The funeral service was attended by former colleagues, including Cherubini, at Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. His grave is near those of Méhul and Grétry.
Some of his techniques anticipated the innovations of the Romantic era: he scored his Te Deum for 1,200 singers and 300 wind instruments, and several oratorios require the physical separation of multiple choirs, including invisible ones behind the stage. He wrote several works in honor of the French Revolution, including Le Triomphe de la République, and L'Offrande à la Liberté. Gossec's gavotte from his opera Rosine, ou L'épouse abandonnée (1786), remains familiar in popular culture because Carl Stalling and Charles M. Jones used arrangements of it in several Warner Brothers cartoons.
Gossec was little known outside France, and his own numerous compositions, sacred and secular, were overshadowed by those of more famous composers; but he was an inspiration to many, and powerfully stimulated the revival of instrumental music.
Symphonies
Sei sinfonie a più strumenti op. 4 (1759)
Sei sinfonie a più strumenti op. 5 (1761)
Six symphonies op. 6 (1762)
Six symphonies à grand orchestre op. 12 (1769)
Deux symphonies (1773)
Symphonie No. 1 (c. 1771–1774)
Symphonie No. 2 (c. 1771–1774)
Symphonie en fa majeur (1774)
Symphonie de chasse (1776)
Symphonie en ré (1776)
Symphonie en ré (1777)
Symphonie concertante en fa majeur No. 2, à plusieurs instruments (1778)
Symphonie en do majeur for wind orchestra (1794)
Symphonie à 17 parties (1809)
Chamber music
Sei sonate a due violini e basso, Op. 1 (c. 1753)
Sei quartetti per flauto e violino o sia per due violini, alto e basso, Op. 14 (1769)
Six quatuors à deux violons, alto et basse, Op. 15 (1772)
Vocal and choral works
Messe des morts (Requiem) (1760)
La Nativité, oratorio (1774)
Te Deum (1779)
Te Deum à la Fête de la Fédération for three voices, men's chorus and wind orchestra (1790)
Hymne sur la translation du corps de Voltaire au Panthéon for three voices, men's chorus and wind orchestra (1791)
Le Chant du 14 juillet (Marie-Joseph Chénier) for three voices, men's chorus and wind orchestra (1791)
Dernière messe des vivants, for four voices, chorus and orchestra (1813)
Operas
Le tonnelier, opéra comique (1765)
Le faux Lord, opéra comique (1765)
Les pêcheurs, opéra comique en 1 act (1766)
Toinon et Toinette, opéra comique (1767)
Le double déguisement, opéra comique (1767)
Les agréments d'Hylas et Sylvie, pastorale (1768)
Sabinus, tragédie lyrique (1773)
Berthe, opera (1775, not extant)
Alexis et Daphné, pastorale (1775)
Philémon et Baucis, pastorale (1775)
La fête de village, intermezzo (1778)
Thésée, tragédie lyrique (1782)
Nitocris, opera (1783)
Rosine, ou L'épouse abandonnée, opera (1786)
Le triomphe de la République, ou Le camp de Grandpré, divertissement-lyrique en 1 acte, (Chénier) (1794) – includes a famous Tambourin.
Les sabots et le cerisier, opera (1803)
Other languages
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 35 | 92.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 11 | 82.8th |
| Studio albums | 11 | 91.9th |
| Awards recorded | 1 | 89th |
| Timeline events | 14 | 90.5th |
| Recording span (years) | -159 | 4th |
| Genres | 5 | 88.3th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (11 release groups · 11 studio albums)
Albums · 11
1988 · studio album
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Tracklist · 24 tracks · 1:13:50
1I. Introduzione1:212I. Introitus2:303I. Te decet hymnus2:524I. Exaudi4:415I. Requiem aeternam1:066I. Fuga "Lux perpetua"3:297II. Dies irae: Dies irae2:528II. Dies irae: Tuba Mirum4:229II. Dies irae: Mors stupebit3:2910II. Dies irae: Quid sum Miser2:0511II. Dies irae: Recordare5:4412II. Dies irae: Inter Oves5:2413II. Dies irae: Confutatis2:5014II. Dies irae: Oro Supplex1:2015II. Dies irae: Lacrimosa4:3716II. Dies irae: Judicandus0:4217II. Dies irae: Pie Jesu4:0418III. Offertorium: Vado et non revertar2:4319III. Offertorium: Spera in Deo4:2820III. Offertorium: Cedant3:2721IV. Sanctus0:3322IV. Pie Jesu3:4923V. Agnus Dei1:2224V. Requiem aeternam4:001998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 1:06:57
1Symphony in F major, op. 12 no. 6 (B59): I. Allegro molto –5:562Symphony in F major, op. 12 no. 6 (B59): II. Andantino allegretto –4:463Symphony in F major, op. 12 no. 6 (B59): III. Poco presto4:254Symphony in E-flat major, op. 5 no. 2 (B26): I. Allegro moderato –4:555Symphony in E-flat major, op. 5 no. 2 (B26): II. Romanza: Andante –1:486Symphony in E-flat major, op. 5 no. 2 (B26): III. Minuetto & Trio –2:017Symphony in E-flat major, op. 5 no. 2 (B26): IV. Presto4:248Symphony in E-flat major, op. 12 no. 5 (B58): I. Lamentabile - Presto con furia –5:079Symphony in E-flat major, op. 12 no. 5 (B58): II. Andante moderato –4:3410Symphony in E-flat major, op. 12 no. 5 (B58): III. Allegro3:2611Symphony in D major, op. 5 no. 3 “Pastorella” (B27): I. Adagio lento – Allegro –4:3112Symphony in D major, op. 5 no. 3 “Pastorella” (B27): II. Adagio –3:0713Symphony in D major, op. 5 no. 3 “Pastorella” (B27): III. Minuetto & Trio –2:1614Symphony in D major, op. 5 no. 3 “Pastorella” (B27): IV. Allegro3:2415Symphony in D major (B86): I. Allegro –5:0216Symphony in D major (B86): II. Andante un poco allegretto –4:2417Symphony in D major (B86): III. Presto2:512001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:05:37
1Symphony in C, Brook 85: I. Allegro Maestoso8:002Symphony in C, Brook 85: II. Larghetto3:553Symphony in C, Brook 85: III. Presto4:274Symphony No. 1 in B Flat, Brook 81: I. Allegro Maestoso5:245Symphony No. 1 in B Flat, Brook 81: II. Larghetto Siciliana4:326Symphony No. 1 in B Flat, Brook 81: III. Non Presto3:317Symphony in C - Sinfonia Périodique Á Piu Strumenti In D, Brook 87: I. Allegro5:198Symphony in C - Sinfonia Périodique Á Piu Strumenti In D, Brook 87: II. Andante4:379Symphony in C - Sinfonia Périodique Á Piu Strumenti In D, Brook 87: III. Menuetto And Trio3:4110Symphony in C - Sinfonia Périodique Á Piu Strumenti In D, Brook 87: IV. Presto3:2011Symphony in D "La Caccia", Brook 82: I. Grave Maestoso6:3012Symphony in D "La Caccia", Brook 82: II. Allegretto Quasi Allegro3:4713Symphony in D "La Caccia", Brook 82: III. Menuetto 1, Menuetto 2 and Trio5:0514Symphony in D "La Caccia", Brook 82: IV. Tempo Moderato Di Caccia3:29Grande Messe des morts / Symphonie à 17 parties
2001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 28 tracks · 1:51:54
Disc 11Grande Messe des morts: Introduzione. Grave5:032Grande Messe des morts: Introitus: Requiem aeternam. Grave3:093Grande Messe des morts: Introitus: Te decet hymnus. Allegro moderato3:084Grande Messe des morts: Introitus: Exaudi orationem meam. Largo3:495Grande Messe des morts: Graduale: Requiem aeternam. Grave1:136Grande Messe des morts: Graduale: Fuga. Et lux perpetua4:397Grande Messe des morts: Sequentia: Dies Irae. Grave maestoso3:228Grande Messe des morts: Sequentia: Tuba mirum. Grave - Allegretto4:159Grande Messe des morts: Sequentia: Mors stupebit. Allegro3:4110Grande Messe des morts: Sequentia: Quid sum miser. Lento1:4711Grande Messe des morts: Sequentia: Recordare. Largo5:2512Grande Messe des morts: Sequentia: Inter oves. Allegretto5:1313Grande Messe des morts: Sequentia: Confutatis. Allegro molto3:3414Grande Messe des morts: Sequentia: Oro supplex. Grave1:5315Grande Messe des morts: Sequentia: Lacrymosa. (Grave)3:5416Grande Messe des morts: Sequentia: Judicantus. Grave1:2517Grande Messe des morts: Sequentia: Pie Jesu - Amen. Andante4:34Disc 21Grande Messe des morts: Vado et non revertar. Largo4:022Grande Messe des morts: Spea in Deo. Largo4:083Grande Messe des morts: Cedant hostes. Allegro3:454Grande Messe des morts: Sanctus. Maestoso0:595Grande Messe des morts: Pie Jesu. Largo4:006Grande Messe des morts: Agnus Dei. Moderato2:097Grande Messe des morts: Post Communionem requiem Aeternam. Allegretto5:188Symphonie à 17 parties: I. Maestoso - Allegro molto6:189Symphonie à 17 parties: II. Larghetto7:0210Symphonie à 17 parties: III. Minuetto9:2311Symphonie à 17 parties: IV. Allegro assai4:462002 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 59:11
1Sinfonie n°5 en mi bémol majeur : 1. Lamentable ou Lamentabile - Très vite avec furie ou quasi presto con furie5:032Sinfonie n°5 en mi bémol majeur : 2. Mouvement entre le largo et l'andante, expression de l'air pathétique chanté,4:583Sinfonie n°5 en mi bémol majeur : 3. Vite et non prestissimo, mais allegro molto3:294Sinfonie n°1 en ré majeur : 1. Très vite ou allegro molto4:595Sinfonie n°1 en ré majeur : 2. Ce morceau doit se jouer un peu moins vite que l'Andante ordinaire4:426Sinfonie n°1 en ré majeur : 3. Très leste ou molto presto4:367Concerto en si bémol majeur : 1. Allegro moderato6:468Concerto en si bémol majeur : 2. Adagio3:369Concerto en si bémol majeur : 3. Poco presto4:3510Sinfonie n°3 en do majeur : 1. Très vite ou allegro molto7:1311Sinfonie n°3 en do majeur : 2. Un peu léger ou allegretto5:5112Sinfonie n°3 en do majeur : 3. Très gay, poco presto3:232002 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 59:20
1Quatuor no. 2: Allegretto5:342Quatuor no. 2: Tempo di Menuetto3:503Quatuor no. 5: Larghetto9:194Quatuor no. 5: Englese2:105Quatuor no. 1: Allegretto7:316Quatuor no. 1: Tempo di Menuetto2:157Quatuor no. 3: Larghetto5:298Quatuor no. 3: Englese3:299Quatuor no. 4: Allegretto6:5110Quatuor no. 4: Tempo di Menuetto4:2411Quatuor no. 6: Allegretto6:2312Quatuor no. 6: Englese2:052003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:03:32
1Sinfonia à più stromenti en do mineur, op. 6 Nr. 3 RH. 24 [Br. 33]: I. Allegro5:082Sinfonia à più stromenti en do mineur, op. 6 Nr. 3 RH. 24 [Br. 33]: II. Minuetto gratioso4:373Sinfonia à più stromenti en do mineur, op. 6 Nr. 3 RH. 24 [Br. 33]: III. Fugato3:504Symphonie à grand orchestre "La Chasse" en ré majeur, RH. 41 op. 13 Nr. 3/RH. 59 [Br. 62]: I. Grave maestoso – Allegro4:265Symphonie à grand orchestre "La Chasse" en ré majeur, RH. 41 op. 13 Nr. 3/RH. 59 [Br. 62]: II. Allegretto poco allegro3:106Symphonie à grand orchestre "La Chasse" en ré majeur, RH. 41 op. 13 Nr. 3/RH. 59 [Br. 62]: III. Minuetto3:177Symphonie à grand orchestre "La Chasse" en ré majeur, RH. 41 op. 13 Nr. 3/RH. 59 [Br. 62]: IV. Tempo di caccia3:448Symphonie concertante du ballet de "Mirza" en ré majeur, RH. 54 [Br. 90 b]: I. Allegro1:169Symphonie concertante du ballet de "Mirza" en ré majeur, RH. 54 [Br. 90 b]: II. Adagio3:5610Symphonie concertante du ballet de "Mirza" en ré majeur, RH. 54 [Br. 90 b]: III. Rondo allegro6:0311Symphonie à 17 parties en fa majeur, RH. 64 [Br. 91]: I. Maestoso – Allegro molto5:4112Symphonie à 17 parties en fa majeur, RH. 64 [Br. 91]: II. Larghetto6:3113Symphonie à 17 parties en fa majeur, RH. 64 [Br. 91]: III. Minuet7:0614Symphonie à 17 parties en fa majeur, RH. 64 [Br. 91]: IV. Allegro molto4:47Gossec: Le Triomphe de la République
2006 · studio album
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Tracklist · 30 tracks · 1:12:39
1Le Triomphe de la République: Overture. Allegro molto3:382Le Triomphe de la République: Overture. Allegro moderato2:483Le Triomphe de la République: Overture. March. Grave2:024Le Triomphe de la République: Scene 1. God of the people and of kings1:385Le Triomphe de la République: Scene 1. Taste, Republicans, the sweetness of t...1:336Le Triomphe de la République: Scene 1. Sun, passing overhead on your habitual...2:317Le Triomphe de la République: Scene 2. Citizens, who with ardent courage...2:288Le Triomphe de la République: Scene 2. You gentle young ladies and all you yo...4:219Le Triomphe de la République: Scene 2. Village dance. The citizens of these s...2:0910Le Triomphe de la République: Scene 3. The trumpet has sounded; you are calle...0:5411Le Triomphe de la République: Scene 3. Farewell our children and parents5:1312Le Triomphe de la République: Scene 4. In our youth...3:4313Le Triomphe de la République: Scene 5. Let's begin our celebrations3:1514Le Triomphe de la République: Scene 5. Take up your songs, begin the dance again3:4315Le Triomphe de la République: Scene 5. And at last, on the ill-fated plains1:2316Le Triomphe de la République: Scene 5. Essential birthright of mankind2:5717Le Triomphe de la République: Scene 6. New Republicans whose voices entreat me1:3518Le Triomphe de la République: Scene 6. Long live, long live Liberty!2:2319Le Triomphe de la République: Scene 6. Entry of people of various nations1:1220Le Triomphe de la République: Scene 6. The English, the Swiss etc2:1921Le Triomphe de la République: Scene 6. Dance. What of the intrepid fervour...4:5522Le Triomphe de la République: Scene 6. Air for the Poles. Pas de deux3:2023Le Triomphe de la République: Scene 6. Anglaise or Bostonienne (folk dance)1:1024Le Triomphe de la République: Scene 6. Air for the Swiss. Le Ranz des Vaches1:4625Le Triomphe de la République: Scene 6. Grivois1:2426Le Triomphe de la République: Scene 6. Valsque1:3727Le Triomphe de la République: Scene 6. Air for the Africans1:3928Le Triomphe de la République: Scene 6. Air for the Savoisiens1:3929Le Triomphe de la République: Scene 6. Vielle0:4730Le Triomphe de la République: Scene 6. Contredanse finale. Allegretto2:372009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 1:10:37
1Symphony in B-flat major, op. 6 no. 6: I. Allegro molto7:092Symphony in B-flat major, op. 6 no. 6: II. Larghetto poco lento4:253Symphony in B-flat major, op. 6 no. 6: III. Largo con sordini0:514Symphony in B-flat major, op. 6 no. 6: IV. Fuga3:115Symphony in B-flat major, op. 6 no. 6: V. Menuetto I, II6:026Symphony in G minor: I. Allegro4:447Symphony in G minor: II. Andante5:358Symphony in G minor: III. Menuetto3:339Symphony in G minor: IV. Allegro4:0610Symphony no. 4 in C minor for Strings: I. Allegro3:1111Symphony no. 4 in C minor for Strings: II. Adagio3:0112Symphony no. 4 in C minor for Strings: III. Presto2:1113Symphony in C minor: I. Larghetto - Allegro10:0314Symphony in C minor: II. Andante5:5915Symphony in C minor: III. Allegro assai6:362019 · studio album
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Tracklist · 24 tracks · 1:11:23
1Symphony in D major, op.4, no.1: I. Allegro2:582Symphony in D major, op.4, no.1: II. Andantino Allegretto3:363Symphony in D major, op.4, no.1: III. Minuetto2:194Symphony in D major, op.4, no.1: IV. Prestissimo2:015Symphony in E major, op.4, no.2: I. Allegro2:156Symphony in E major, op.4, no.2: II. Andante3:097Symphony in E major, op.4, no.2: III. Minuetto2:038Symphony in E major, op.4, no.2: IV. Presto1:439Symphony in F major, op.4, no.3: I. Allegro4:1110Symphony in F major, op.4, no.3: II. Adagio3:4211Symphony in F major, op.4, no.3: III. Minuetto2:3212Symphony in F major, op.4, no.3: IV. Poco Presto1:5513Symphony in C major, op.4, no.4: I. Allegro4:1614Symphony in C major, op.4, no.4: II. Adagio3:4115Symphony in C major, op.4, no.4: III. Minuetto2:2516Symphony in C major, op.4, no.4: IV. Presto1:4717Symphony in E major, op.4, no.5, 'Pastorella': I. Allegretto3:5918Symphony in E major, op.4, no.5, 'Pastorella': II. Adagio2:5319Symphony in E major, op.4, no.5, 'Pastorella': III. Minuetto2:4420Symphony in E major, op.4, no.5, 'Pastorella': IV. Presto2:3821Symphony in D minor, op.4, no.6: I. Allegro6:0422Symphony in D minor, op.4, no.6: II. Andante4:2623Symphony in D minor, op.4, no.6: III. Minuetto2:3624Symphony in D minor, op.4, no.6: IV. Presto1:30Beethoven: Symphony no. 5 / Gossec: Symphonie à 17 parties
2020 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 54:26
1Symphonie Nr. 5 C-Moll, op. 67: I. Allegro con brio6:542Symphonie Nr. 5 C-Moll, op. 67: II. Andante con moto, più moto, tempo I9:023Symphonie Nr. 5 C-Moll, op. 67: III. Allegro5:124Symphonie Nr. 5 C-Moll, op. 67: IV. Allegro, Tempo I (scherzo), Allegro, Sempre più Allegro, Presto10:335Symphonie à dix-sept parties, RH 64: I. Maestoso – Allegro molto6:036Symphonie à dix-sept parties, RH 64: II. Larghetto5:517Symphonie à dix-sept parties, RH 64: III. Menuet6:258Symphonie à dix-sept parties, RH 64: IV. Allegro molto4:26
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put François Joseph Gossec head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 35 | 92.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 11 | 82.8th |
| Studio albums | 11 | 91.9th |
| Awards recorded | 1 | 89th |
| Timeline events | 14 | 90.5th |
| Recording span (years) | -159 | 4th |
| Genres | 5 | 88.3th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | Knight of the Legion of Honour | won |
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