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The Théodore Gouvy Institute (Institut Théodore Gouvy) is a French music organisation based in Hombourg-Haut (region Grand Est). Founded in 1995 its aims are to bring the name of the composer Théodore Gouvy (1819-1898) back to public consciousness.

Publishing
The institute has made the inventory, presenting and making accessible to all interpreters, musicologists or students, works which henceforth can be considered as integral: that is 160 works completed of which only 90 were published by various well-known publishers of the period. Some having disappeared it was necessary to find their foundations often dispersed, furthermore it was necessary to recover non published manuscripts.

The Villa Gouvy
In order to promote Gouvy’s works the Institute has been set up within the Villa Gouvy, which is now owned by the town of Hombourg-Haut. In the stately manor house which was built by Alexandre Gouvy, Theodore ‘s brother, the composer spent the last thirty years of his life. Today it serves as an office for the institute and a center of information with a permanent exhibit which show aspects of Gouvy’s life as well as his musical estate fully accessible to the public. In constituting the “historic and musical collection” the Institute gathered all Gouvy’s music, as well as the documents, photographs, correspondence, souvenirs and other objects linked with the composer’s life and to become the privileged place for the revival of Gouvy’s works. Thanks to the composer’s heirs who all spontaneously accepted the reconstitution of the evocative universe of this maestro with a rare destiny.

Research and cooperation with Universities
In 2006, working together with the University of Saarland the first international conference about Theodore Gouvy was arranged and took place in Sarrebruck and Hombourg-Haut. The ensuing report has been published in 2008.