Frédéric Nicolas Duvernoy


Frédéric-Nicolas Duvernoy was a French composer and hornist.

Biography

In 1788, Duvernoy went in Paris and became a hornist at Orchestre de la Comédie italienne. In 1790, he was a member at Orchestre de la Garde nationale and later, in 1797, a member of Orchestre de l'Opéra de Paris and then, in 1799, a solo hornist.
He will be member of La Chapelle de l'empereur Napoléon Ier where, with his brother Charles-Frédéric, he will very closed with brothers Rodolphe and Jean Nicolas Auguste Kreutzer, Delcambre and Dalvimare.

Musical works