Joseph Borremans (25 November 1775 in

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– 15 May 1858 in Brussels) was a

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and

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in the

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. In Brussels, he was

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at the Church of St. Michael and St. Gudula (until 1835?), organist of the Church of St. Nicholas and second conductor of the Theatre of La Monnaie where, amongst others, the next works were performed: * ''Klapperman ou le Crieur de nuit d'Amsterdam'',

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in one act performed on 31 October 1804; * ''La Femme impromptue'',

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performed in 1808; * ''Offrande à Vlujmen'', ''scène lyrique'' performed on 31 October 1816. As an organist, he was noted for his improvisational abilities. As a religious composer, he wrote

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es,

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s, etc. with orchestral accompaniment. The composer

Charles Borremans Charles Borremans (5 April 1769 – 17 July 1827), was a composer of operas, and a violinist and conductor at the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in what was then France and later the United Kingdom of the Netherlands from 1804 to 1825. The composer ...

was his eldest brother.François - Joseph Fétis & Arthur Pougin, ''Biographie universelle des musiciens et de la musique bibliographie générale. Supplément et complément,''
Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1878.

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