Johann Peter Cavallo
# Johann Peter Cavallo

Johann Peter Cavallo (23 December 1819 – 19 April 1892) was a German organist, pianist and composer of Italian origin and active in France.

## Life

Born in Munich, Cavallo settled in Paris around 1842, where he was organist in the churches of St. Vincent de Paul, St. Germain-des-Prés and St. Nicolas des Champs between 1851 and 1863. He became famous as a pianist in the 1850s. He published, among others, Veillées des salons, a monthly sheet music magazine of short piano pieces of his own compositions in association with choirmaster Frédéric Viret.

## Selected works

* Valse rustique, Op. 24
* Le Crépuscule, Op. 33
* Un Dernier jour d'hiver, Op. 46
* Mazurka, Op. 47
* La Tristesse, Op. 48
* Fandango, Op. 49
* Le Vertige, Op. 50
* Pensée fugitive, Op. 56
* Galop des Sylphes, Op. 57
* Près la fontaine du loup, Op. 61
