Casimir Gide

Casimir Gide

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Born 4 July 1804
Paris
Died 18 February 1868(1868-02-18) (aged 63)
Occupation Composer, bookseller, prints editor

Casimir Gide (4 July 1804 – 18 February 1868) was a 19th-century French composer, bookseller as well as prints and maps editor.

Biography

The son of the Parisian bookseller Theophile Etienne Gide (1768-1837), to whom he will succeed and of a singer in the chapel of the king, he studied harmony and musical composition at the Conservatoire de Paris. On 4 February 1833, he was patended bookseller from maison Gide fils. He was a major printer of lithographies and financed the publication of six volumes among the nineteen of the Voyages pittoresques et romantiques dans l'ancienne France by Charles Nodier and Justin Taylor.[1] In 1854, he was one of the first to launch the trend of salon operettas and artistic evenings.[2]

Works

He wrote incidental music, ballets and operas.

Shows

Musics

Texts

Lithography prints

Bibliography

References

  1. Jean-Michel Leniaud, Béatrice Bouvier, Le livre d'architecture, XVe–XXe siècle, 2002, p. 41
  2. Vapereau, Dictionnaire universel des contemporains, p. 744
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