Gouvy

Louis Théodore Gouvy (July 3, 1819–April 21, 1898) was a French composer born in Goffontaine, France (now Saarbrücken-Schafbrücke, Germany). Because the Sarre, a region on the France-Prussia border where Gouvy was born, fell under Prussian control shortly before his birth, Théodore Gouvy could not attain French citizenship until the age of 32. Thus, unable to pursue music instruction at the Conservatoire de Paris, he took up private courses.