François van Campenhout
François van Campenhout (5 February 1779 – 24 April 1848) was a Belgian opera singer, conductor and composer. He composed the music for the Belgian national anthem, "La Brabançonne". Campenhout was born in Brussels, where he studied violin. He worked initially as an office clerk, but soon pursued a career as a musician. After he had been a violist at the Théâtre de la Monnaie (or Muntschouwburg) in Brussels for a while, he started a career as a tenor at the Opera in Ghent. This was the beginning of a successful opera career, which brought him to Brussels, Antwerp, Paris, Amsterdam, The Hague, Lyon and Bordeaux. In 1828, he ended his career as a singer and became conductor in Brussels, where he died in 1848. He is buried at Brussels Cemetery in Evere, Brussels. Campenhout wrote a large number of works: operas such as Grotius ou le Château de Lovesteyn and Passe-Partout, which were successful, and he also composed ballet music, symphonies and choir music. He wrote the music of the Brabançonne in September 1830, to a text by Alexandre Dechet (Jenneval). Van Campenhout was a freemason and a member of the Grand Orient of Belgium. |
Birth and Death Data: Born February 5, 1779 (Brussels metropolitan area), Died April 24, 1848 (Brussels metropolitan area)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1914 - 1929
Roles Represented in DAHR: composer
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | B-17064 | 10-in. | 1/25/1916 | La Brabançonne | Marcel Journet | Bass vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 39540 | 10-in. | 8/10/1914 | La Brabançonne | Columbia Military Band | Band | composer | |
Edison | 4670 | 10-in. | 4/19/1916 | La Brabançonne | Alice Verlet | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | W33019 | 10-in. | September 1929 | La Brabançonne | Maurice Bastin ; Orchestre du Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie ; Louis Richard | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Campenhout, François van," accessed November 19, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/113270.
Campenhout, François van. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 19, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/113270.
"Campenhout, François van." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 19 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Campenhout, François van, 1779-1848 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2006116634
Wikidata: François Van Campenhout - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1363402
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/32261492
MusicBrainz: François Van Campenhout - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/fd89612f-a00a-4bbb-923e-d317faa77581
ISNI: 0000 0000 8369 7472 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000083697472
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