Fantaisie sur la Romance "Ma Normandie" for Horn and Piano op.34
Jacques François Gallay, , * 8. Dez. 1795 in Perpignan, † 18. Okt. 1864 in Paris
Gallay became 1833 successors of Dauprat as a professor for horn (natural horn) at the Parisian Conservatoire.
Gallays oeuvre is very extensively, next to didactic works, and others études and a horn school, it composed 2 horn concerts and different other works for horn and orchestras. In the chamber music, certainly today, its grand is frequently played to Quatuor op.26 for 4 horns in different tones.
The Fantasy for horn and the piano op.34 has a theme of the chansonier Frederic Bérat from the Romance "Ma Normandie".
