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Adolphe Samuel
Belgian composer, conductor and critic
Adolphe-Abraham Samuel | |
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| Born | 11 July 1824 Liège, Belgium |
| Died | 11 September 1898 Ghent, Belgium |
| Occupation(s) | Music critic, teacher, conductor, composer |
Adolphe-Abraham Samuel (11 July 1824 Liège, Belgium – 11 September 1898 Ghent, Belgium)[1][2][3] was a Belgian music critic, teacher, conductor and composer.
Biography
[edit]Adolphe-Abraham Samuel was born in Liège in an artistic family. His parents encouraged him to become a painter and he began studying at the age of seven.[4] He received his earliest music education from his sister Caroline before studying solfège and piano with Etienne Soubre and Auguste Franck and the Royal Conservatory of Liège.[5] At the age of twelve he performed in concerts organised by the Belgian violinist Charles Auguste de Bériot and his sister-in-law Pauline Viardot.[4] In 1840 he entered the Royal Conservatory of Brussels where he studied harmony with Charles Bosselet, counterpoint with François-Joseph Fétis, piano with Jean-Baptiste Michelot and organ with Christian Girschner, earning first prize diplomas in all these disciplines. In 1841 he became an assistant teacher for solfège at the Brussel
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Saturday Review, 15 November 1969
[Hector Berlioz: A Frenchman in Germany]
Saturday Review of Literature, 29 April 1950
Saturday Review of Literature, 30 December 1950
Saturday Review of Literature, 28 June 1951
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