François-René Gebauer (15 March 1773 in Versailles, France – 28 July 1845 in Paris) was a French composer, professor, and bassoonist and the son of a German military musician.
He took music lessons first with his brother Michel-Joseph Gebauer, which ended soon due to artistic differences between the two.
In 1795 he was appointed professor of bassoon at the Conservatoire de Paris, a post he held until 1802 and then from 1824 to 1838.
48, for horn and bassoon, which featured repetitive rhythmic motifs in phase shifting patterns and strikingly modern asymmetrical melodies.
The most memorable effect he achieved with this piece was the portrayal of schadenfreude through jarring note patterns in the bassoon line.