Gustave Vogt

Gustave Vogt (18 March 1781 – 20 May 1870) was a French oboist and composer.
Biography
Born in Strasbourg, Vogt followed his parents to Paris at a very young age, where he entered the Conservatoire de Paris on 7 July 1798 and became a pupil of François Sallantin for oboe. He made such rapid progress that he was awarded a First Prize in this instrument at the end of the following year. He later attended the harmony course of Jean-Baptiste Rey at the same institution.
Vogt entered the orchestra of the Théâtre Montansier as second oboe in 1798, then joined that of the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique, from where he passed, on 31 May 1801, to the Comédie Italienne of the Théâtre de la Victoire, as its first oboe. Vogt then followed Emperor Napoleon as oboist of the music of the Imperial Guard during the 1805 campaign. At the same time as the Battle of Austerlitz, he met Joseph Haydn and Ludwig van Beethoven in Vienna. Back in Paris, he was the first oboe of the Théâtre Feydeau and kept this post until 1814. He then joined the Paris Opéra as successor of his teacher Sallantin. He remained there until 1854, the time of his retirement.
After he became a member of the Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire in 1838, he played first oboe there until 1844. In 1835, he was called to London for the season as first oboe of the Philharmonic Society. In 1838, Vogt made a second trip to London and spent the entire season there, being sought after for his talent in all musical societies. Back in Paris, he returned to his position as first oboe of the Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, where he was as much noticed by the beauty of the sound he derived from the instrument as by the quality of his performance.
As early as 1808, he had been appointed assistant professor of oboe at the Conservatory, where he became a full professor during the new organisation of 1816. He formed there all the French oboists who made a name for themselves at that time, particularly Henri Brod, Stanislas Verroust, Vinit, Barré, Lavigne, de La Barre and many others. Appointed first oboe of the King's Chapell in 1815, he retained this position until the 1830 July Revolution. In 1839, he was awarded the Order of the Légion d'honneur. Vogt retired from teaching at the Conservatory in 1853.
Works
Airs du ballet de Nina et de l'Épreuve villageoise, arrangés en sérénade pour des instruments à vent, Paris, Frey
La Bordelaise, grande marche militaire en harmonie, Paris, A. Petit
Sérénade pour harmonie militaire, Paris, Frey
Première sérénade sur un choix d'airs d’opéras, ibid.
Trois nocturnes ou pots-pourris d'airs connus pour flûte, hautbois, cor et basson, Paris, Pleyel
Concertos pour hautbois et orchestre, no. 1 (in F) ; no. 3 (in D minor), Paris, Pleyel
Romance de Joseph variée pour le hautbois, avec orchestre, Paris, Sieber
Trois airs variés idem, Paris, Janet
Solo du Carnaval de Venise varié idem, ibid.
Troisième concerto pour hautbois et orchestre, Paris, Janet
Lettre A. Solo pour cor anglais et orchestre, Paris, Richault
Air varié pour hautbois avec orchestre ou piano, lettre B, ibid.
Concerto pour hautbois et orchestre ou piano, lettre C, ibid.
Duo pour deux hautbois et orchestre ou piano , ibid.
Mélodie anglaise variée, pour le hautbois et l’orchestre ou le piano, ibid.
Quatrième concertino pour hautbois, Paris, Costallat
Adagio religioso, trio pour deux hautbois et cor anglais, Paris, Richault
Fantaisie et variations sur un thème russe, pour hautbois avec accompagnement de piano, ibid.
Six Solos de concert pour le hautbois avec accompagnement de piano, ibid.
References
Bibliography
Geoffrey Burgess: The Premier Oboist of Europe: A Portrait of Gustave Vogt (Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, 2003), .
François-Joseph Fétis, Biographie universelle des musiciens, vol. 8 (Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1870), pp. 380–381.
Geneviève Honegger: "Gustave Vogt", in , vol. 38, p. 4028.
External links
Gustave Hogt on MusOpen
Gustave Hogt on Cayambis
The Oboist as the Custodian of Orchestral Pitch on Oboe Classics
Gustave Vogt Adagio cantabile on YouTube
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones (12-1-2012) A Critical Edition of Gustave Vogt's 4eme Solo de Concert on UNLV
1781 births
1870 deaths
19th-century classical composers
Academic staff of the Conservatoire de Paris
Knights of the Legion of Honour
Conservatoire de Paris alumni
French classical composers
French classical oboists
French male classical composers
Male oboists
Musicians from Strasbourg
19th-century French male musicians