René Vannes (24 May 1888 in

Lille, France Lille (, ; ; ; ; ) is a city in the northern part of France, within French Flanders. Positioned along the Deûle river, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, region, the Prefectures in F ...

– 19 November 1956 in

Brussels Brussels, officially the Brussels-Capital Region, (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) is a Communities, regions and language areas of Belgium#Regions, region of Belgium comprising #Municipalit ...

) was a Belgian musicologist and author of a standard history of

lutenist A lute ( or ) is any plucked string instrument with a neck and a deep round back enclosing a hollow cavity, usually with a sound hole or opening in the body. It may be either fretted or unfretted. More specifically, the term "lute" commonly r ...

s, which is also used as a standard reference work on violin bow makes and

archetier A bow maker is a person who builds, repairs, and restores antique or modern Bow (music), bows for bowed string instruments. These include violins, violas, cellos, double basses, viola d'amore, viola da gamba, etc. The French word for bowmaker (b ...

Selected works

''Universal Dictionary of Luthiers'' * ''Essai d'un dictionnaire universel des luthiers'', Marne (1932) * ''Dictionnaire universel des luthiers'', revised Vol. 1, Brussels (1951) * ''Dictionnaire universel des luthiers'', revised Vol. 2, Brussels (1959) * ''Dictionnaire universel des luthiers'', 2 volumes in 1: 1951 & 1959, Brussels (1979) * ''Dictionnaire universel des luthiers'', revised 2nd edition (two volumes) (1986) * ''Dictionnaire universel des luthiers'', (two volumes) Brussels 1988 Other books * ''Essai de terminologie musicale ou dictionnaire universel'', Paris: Max Eschig * ''Une pianiste alsacienne, Marie de Moroguès-Kiené'', Paris 1927, Colmar * ''Dictionnaire des musiciens Belges (compositeurs) du XIV au XX siècle (Dictionary of Musicians and Composers, Belgium, 14th Century to the 20th Century),'' Brussels: Larcier (1947)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Vannes, Rene Belgian musicologists People from Lille 1888 births 1956 deaths 20th-century musicologists French emigrants to Belgium

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