- Charles Borremans
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Charles Borremans (25 April 1769 – 17 July 1827), was a violinist and conductor at the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Belgium from 1804 to 1825. The composer Charles-Louis-Joseph succeeded him as conductor of this opera house.
Borremans was born and died in Brussels. The Borremans family was related to the Artot family. Joseph Borremans, he himself being a brother of Charles, had a sister who was married to Maurice Artot, father of the famous violinist Joseph-Alexander Artot.[1]
A Quatuor for the pianoforte harpsichord or with accompaniment of bass and two violone in F, of which a part is missing, is mentioned as number 476 in the inventory of the archives of the House of Arenberg at Edingen[2].
References
- ^ [1] François-Joseph Fétis & Arthur Pougin, Biographie Universelle des Musiciens et de la musique bibliographie générale. Supplément et complément, Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1878
- ^ [2] Marie Conraz, Inventaire complet des archives musicales du Fonds pour le secteur privé de la famille d'Arenberg à Enghien, online complete inventory of the personal music collection of the House of Arenberg in their archives in Edingen, p. 10
Categories:- Belgian classical violinists
- Belgian conductors (music)
- 1769 births
- 1827 deaths
- Belgian people stubs
- European conductor (music) stubs
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