Fran%C3%A7ois-Joseph Gossec

Artist: Fran%C3%A7ois-Joseph Gossec

Genre: Classical

Total Albums: 50

François-Joseph Gossec (January 17, 1734 — February 16, 1829) was a French composer of operas, string quartets, symphonies, and choral works. His albums were uploaded to Francois-Joseph Gossec The son of a small farmer, Gossec was born at the village of Vergnies, in Belgian Hainaut. 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 great composer, Jean-Philippe Rameau. He became the conductor of a private band kept by La Popelinière