Casimir Gide


Casimir Gide was a 19th-century French composer, bookseller as well as prints and maps editor.

Biography

The son of the Parisian bookseller Theophile Etienne Gide, to whom he would 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 received the bookseller patent from the Maison Gide fils. He was a major printer of lithographs and financed the publication of six volumes, among them nineteen of the Voyages pittoresques et romantiques dans l'ancienne France by Charles Nodier and Justin Taylor. In 1854, he was one of the first to launch the trend of salon operettas and artistic evenings.

Works

He wrote incidental music, ballets and operas.

Shows

Piano music

Quadrille et valse for Le Diable boiteuxrondos-fantaisies on OzaïTrois quadrilles de contredanses suivis de deux valses et un galop on ''La Tentation''

Libretti

  • 1834: L'Angélus, opéra comique in 1 act
  • 1845: Fragment d'un répétiteur de balletLe Camélia, petite ronde pour piano sur une valse du ballet, Le Diable boiteux, Op. 102Le Muguet, petit rondo pour piano sur un air de danse du ballet, Le Diable boiteuxLa Tentation, opera in 5 acts, lyrics by Cavé, music by Halévy, ballets music by Gide

Lithographic prints