Pierre-Louis Hus-Desforges

Pierre-Louis Hus-Desforges (24 March 1773 – 20 January 1838) was a French cellist, conductor and composer. He is sometimes incorrectly referred to as "Pierre-Louis Hus-Desforges Jarnowick".

The grandson of theatre manager Barthélemy Hus-Desforges, he came from a long line of entertainers, the Hus family, and his grandmother was a Courtenay.

After he finished his studies at the Conservatoire de Paris with Benoit Tranquille Berbiguier, he began as a cellist in various orchestras. In the early nineteenth century, he was conductor at St. Petersburg, returned to Paris, then taught in Metz from 1819 to 1822.

Works

 * Concerto pour violoncelle
 * Messe à trois voix et à grand orchestre
 * Several Quintetto pour deux violons, alto, violoncelle et basse
 * Several Sonatines brillantes et faciles pour violoncelle
 * Sinfonie concertante pour violon et violoncelle obligés (c. 1797)
 * L'Autel de sa patrie, melody by Citoyen Desforges (1798)
 * Méthode de violoncelle à l'usage des commençants (1828)
 * 3 duos opus 31 for violin and cello