Gouvy

(go-ve), Louis Thdodore, compr. b. Gonontaine, near Saarbruck, July 3, 1819; d. Leipzig, April 21, 1898. After taking degree at Metz, became law student at Paris before he 113 GOW received any musical teaching; he studied with Elwart, and in Germany and Italy; lived in Paris after 1846, with frequent visits to Germany whither he moved about 1894; composed 7 symphonies, concert overture, serenade for strings, much chamber and pf mus several dramatic cantatas on cla ical subjects (Elektra, Iphigenia, etc.); graceful and melodious; music has been popular in Germany, but its lack of force makes its duration improbable.