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Franchomme

Auguste Franchomme (1808–1884) was a French cellist and composer, professor of cello at the Paris Conservatoire for nearly forty years, and one of the closest musical friends of Frédéric Chopin. Chopin wrote his Cello Sonata in G minor specifically for Franchomme, and the two gave its premiere together in Paris in February 1848, one of the last public performances Chopin ever gave before tuberculosis claimed him the following year. Considered the leading French cellist of his generation, Franchomme was also a friend of Mendelssohn; his own études and salon pieces for cello remain practical teaching material.

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