| Keffer Collection of Sheet Music,
ca. 1790-1895
Content and design by John Bewley
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Philadelphia Composers: Peter Gilles (1776-1839)
Peter Gilles, violoncellist and composer, emigrated to the United States from France with his father, oboist Peter Gilles Sr., and his brother, oboist and composer Henri Noël Gilles (1778-1834). Gilles was active as a performer in Philadelphia and was one of the original twelve directors of the Musical Fund Society.
Compositions by Gilles in the Collection
| Item No. | Title | Imprint | Plate No. | Illustration
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Box 4
no. 16b
| La bergère d'elaissêe : romance de Mr. ... : varieê pour la voix avec accompagnement de piano et dêdiêe a Mlle. Louisa Brugiere / par P. Gilles
| Philadelphia : P. Gilles, 1822
| None
| None
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