Antoine-Léonce Kuhn (1753-1823) - Petites pièces pour le forte piano

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Composer: Antoine-Léonce Kuhn (1753-1823)
Work: Petites pièces, pour le forte piano ou clavecin [...] oeuvre VIII
Performers: Christine Sartorеtti (pianoforte)

Petites pièces pour le forte piano
1. Marche 0:00
2. Romance 2:28
3. Allegro 5:30
4. Tempo de menuetto 9:56
5. Ballo 13:19
6. Andante cantabile 14:45
7. Allegro 16:52

Drawing: Carl Theodor Reiffenstein (1820-1893) - Salon d’Elisabeth et Emma Mumm (1852)
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Antoine-Léonce (Anton Leoni) Kuhn [Kh.]
(Soultz, 18 December 1753 - Saint Gallen, 3 March 1823)

French organist and composer. Son of Jean-Georges Kuhn, an organist and schoolmaster, and Catherine Cabélig, he was initially educated by his father. He later studied at the Jesuit college in Porrentruy (1767-1773), where he also served as an organist. His early career included roles as a music master, conductor, and composer in Fribourg before he was appointed secretary and first violinist to the Prince-Bishop of Basel. He directed the episcopal court orchestra, composing chamber music, violin sonatas, piano trios, and symphonies, which were even performed in Paris. At the bishop's request, he published the 'Manuale chori seu vesperale romanum' in 1785 and the 'Processionale ad usum diocesis basiliensis' in 1788. Following the French Revolution, he worked as a school inspector and directed a boarding school before moving to Saint Gallen in 1809, where he became a music and French teacher at the Catholic gymnasium, as well as the conductor and organist of the abbey church, where he composed numerous masses.