French ballet dancer, ballet master, violinist, and composer
Pierre Gardel
Pierre-Gabriel Gardel (4 February 1758, in Nancy, France – 18 October 1840, in Paris) was a French ballet dancer, ballet master, violinist, and composer.[1] He was the younger brother of Maximilien Gardel, seventeen years his senior.[2] In 1795 he married the dancer Marie Miller, whom he showcased in many of his works.
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^Cannabich, Christian, and Georg Joseph Vogler. Le Rendes-vous, Ballet de Chasse: Partitur. Ed. Floyd Kersey Grave. Vol. 1. AR Editions, Inc., 1996.