Limnander de Nieuwenhove, Armand Marie Ghislain
Limnander de Nieuwenhove, Armand Marie Ghislain
Limnander de Nieuwenhove, Armand Marie Ghislain, Belgian composer; b. Ghent, May 22, 1814; d. Moignanville, near Paris, Aug. 15, 1892. He studied in Freiburg with Lambillotte and in Brussels with Fétis. In 1835 he became a choral director in Mechelen. In 1845 he settled in Paris.
Works
dramatic: grand opera:Le Maître-chanteur (Paris, 1853). comic opera:Les Monténégrins (Paris, 1849); Le Château de la Barbe- Bleue (1851); Yvonne (1859). other: Sym., La Fin des Moisson; Scènes druidiques for Orch.; String Quartet; Cello Sonata; church music; songs; etc.
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