- Peter Gilles
Peter Gilles was born 1776 in France and died 1839 in
Philadelphia ,United States . [http://www.library.upenn.edu/collections/rbm/keffer/gilles.html UPenn Library] He emigrated to the United States around 1815 with his fatherPeter Gilles Sr. and his brother,Henri Noël Gilles . [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=_KeCZVJsRVgC&pg=PR40&lpg=PR40&dq=Peter+Gilles+composer&source=web&ots=Q7YsVFeFB9&sig=eskuvlx88gK1Qn8goEUaV2T8SL8&hl=en Strong on Music: Resonances, 1836-1849] By Vera Brodsky Lawrence and , George Templeton Strong Published 1995, University of Chicago Press, ISBN:0226470091 ] Peter Gilles was avioloncellist and one of the first American Composers [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=96lHl-Qawg4C&pg=PP25&lpg=PP25&dq=%22Peter+Gilles%22+composer+Philadelphia&source=web&ots=MVF43eAJ9k&sig=FI_Ges0MQO6e1rMJEErGQdQwRrs&hl=en Surviving orchestral music] By Charles Hommann, Joanne Swenson-Eldridge Contributor Joanne Swenson-Eldridge, Published 2007, A-R Editions, Inc., ISBN:0895796198] [http://www.voxnovus.com/resources/American_Composer_Timeline.htm American Composer Timeline] He was a founding member of theMusical Fund Society .List of Works
*La bergère d'elaissêe
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