title: Johann Peter Cavallo
text: # Johann Peter Cavallo
  
  Johann Peter Cavallo (23 December 1819 – 19 April 1892) was a German organist, pianist and composer of Italian origin and active in France.
  
  ## Life
  
  Born in Munich, Cavallo settled in Paris around 1842, where he was organist in the churches of St. Vincent de Paul, St. Germain-des-Prés and St. Nicolas des Champs between 1851 and 1863. He became famous as a pianist in the 1850s. He published, among others, Veillées des salons, a monthly sheet music magazine of short piano pieces of his own compositions in association with choirmaster Frédéric Viret.
  
  ## Selected works
  
  * Valse rustique, Op. 24
  * Le Crépuscule, Op. 33
  * Un Dernier jour d'hiver, Op. 46
  * Mazurka, Op. 47
  * La Tristesse, Op. 48
  * Fandango, Op. 49
  * Le Vertige, Op. 50
  * Pensée fugitive, Op. 56
  * Galop des Sylphes, Op. 57
  * Près la fontaine du loup, Op. 61
  