François-Joseph Fétis

François-Joseph Fétis
Fétis in 1841, by Charles Baugniet
Born(1784-03-25)25 March 1784
Mons
Died26 March 1871(1871-03-26) (aged 87)
Brussels

François-Joseph Fétis (French: [fetis]; 25 March 1784 – 26 March 1871) was a Belgian musicologist, critic, teacher and composer. He was among the most influential music intellectuals in continental Europe. His enormous compilation of biographical data in the Biographie universelle des musiciens remains an important source of information today.

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