| First name: | August de |
| Last name: | Sayve |
| Dates: | 1790-1834 |
| Category: | Doublebass |
| Nationality: | French |
| Opus name: | Grosses Quintett Opus 15 Es-Dur (1830) |
| Publisher: | Kammermusik |
| Peculiarities: | https://www.kammermusikverlag.de/besetzungen/quintette/klavierquintette/klavierquintette-mit-kontrabass-pf-vl-va-vc-kb-forellenbesetzung/871/sayve-august-de-grosses-quintett-fuer-klavier-und-streicher?c=330 |
| Information: | From: https://books.google.nl/books?id=rlJCBMwj0HkC&pg=PA58&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false The Comté August de Sayve was born in 1790 and had cultured the music in his youth as an amateur. He got lessons in composition from Reicha. He served in the French army in the campaigns of 1812, 1813 and 1814. Afterwarts he left the army and turned to litterature and musical compostions. |