Adolphe Samuel
Adolphe-Abraham Samuel (11 July 1824 – 11 September 1898) was a Belgian music critic, conductor and composer.
Samuel was born in Liège. He 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 (1845–54)[4] and a cantata for the twenty-fifth anniversary of the coronation of Belgium's first king, Leopold I (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] He died in Ghent.
References
- ^ a b c d e f Dewilde, Jan (2006). "Samuel – Symphonie Nr. 6 op. 44" (in German, Dutch, and French). Munich: Musikproduktion Jurgen Hoeflich. Retrieved 2013-01-19.
- ^ "Berlioz in Belgium". Archived from the original on 9 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Denis Havard de la Montagne. "Joseph Daussoigne-Méhul". www.musimem.com.
- ^ Opera Glass
- ^ Pratt, Mendel: The History of Music: A Handbook and Guide for Students at Google Books, page 588.
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