Charles Borremans (5 April 1769 – 17 July 1827), was a composer of operas, and a

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ist and

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at the

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in what was then France and later the United Kingdom of the Netherlands from 1804 to 1825. The composer

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succeeded him as conductor of this opera house. Borremans was born and died in

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. The Borremans family was related to the Artot family: his sister was married to Maurice Artot, father of the famous violinist Joseph-Alexander Artot. A ''Quatuor for the pianoforte harpsichord or with accompaniment of bass and two violones in F'', of which a part is missing, is mentioned as number 476 in the inventory of the archives of the

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. 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

in their archives in Edingen, p. 10

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Borremans, Charles Composers from the Austrian Netherlands Belgian male classical violinists French conductors (music) Dutch conductors (music) Male conductors (music) 1769 births 1827 deaths 18th-century Dutch people 19th-century Dutch people