Adolphe Samuel
Adolphe-Abraham Samuel (Liège, 11 July 1824 – Ghent, 11 September 1898) was a Belgian music critic, conductor and composer. Samuel was Jewish, and late in life converted to Christianity[1]. He spent much time in Brussels where he was a pupil of François-Joseph Fétis, and where he was a friend of Hector Berlioz[1][2]. He also studied with Joseph Daussoigne-Méhul at the Royal Conservatory of Liège.[3]
Samuel, who won the Belgian Prix de Rome in 1845[1], composed seven symphonies (1846–94)[1], five operas (1845–1854)[4] and a cantata for the twenty-fifth anniversary of the coronation of Belgium's first king (1856, L'union fait la force)[1].
In 1871, after conducting an orchestra for some years and (beginning in 1865) directing a series of Popular Concerts in which works by Peter Leonard Leopold Benoit and Anton Rubinstein among others were featured, Samuel resigned and became director of the Ghent Conservatory[1][5].
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f Dewilde, Jan (2006). "Samuel - Symphonie Nr. 6 op. 44" (in German). Musikproduktion Jurgen Hoeflich. http://www.musikmph.de/musical_scores/prefaces/S-Z/samuel_sym6.html. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
- ^ "Berlioz in Belgium". http://www.hberlioz.com/Europe/brussels.htm. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
- ^ Denis Havard de la Montagne. "Joseph Daussoigne-Méhul". www.musimem.com. http://www.musimem.com/Daussoigne-Mehul.htm.
- ^ Opera Glass
- ^ Pratt, Mendel: The History of Music: A Handbook and Guide for Students at Google Books, page 588.
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