Egide Aerts

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Egide Aerts (born March 1, 1822 in Boom ; † June 9, 1853 in Brussels ) was a Belgian flautist, composer and music teacher.

Life

Aerts was "precocious" as a musician. As a child he studied with François Joseph Lahon at the Brussels Conservatory . At the age of fifteen he gave a concert in Paris. From 1837 to 1840 Aerts was on concert tours in France and Italy. On his return to Brussels he studied composition with François-Joseph Fétis . In 1847 he was appointed lecturer in flute at the Brussels Conservatory.

Aerts wrote numerous works for flute. Most of these works have only survived in manuscript form.

Aerts died at the age of 31 from a chronic illness ("maladie de langueur", "maladie de poitrine", "lingering illness").

literature

  • Nicolas Slonimsky : Aerts, Egide . In: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians . 7th edition. Oxford University Press, London / New York / Toronto 1984, ISBN 0-19-311335-X , pp. 17 .

Web links

Wikisource: Egidius Aerts  - Sources and full texts (English)
  • Annelies Focquaert: Aerts, Egidius. Study center voor Vlaamse Muziek, accessed on July 16, 2019 (Dutch).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Nicolas Slonimsky : Aerts, Egide . In: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians . 7th edition. Oxford University Press, London / New York / Toronto 1984, ISBN 0-19-311335-X , pp. 17 .
  2. ↑ a b c George Grove. 1900. Aerts, Egidius.
  3. ↑ Annelies Focquaert: Aerts, Egidius. Study center voor Vlaamse Muziek, accessed on July 16, 2019 (Dutch).
personal data
SURNAME Aerts, Egide
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian flautist, composer and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH March 1, 1822
PLACE OF BIRTH boom
DATE OF DEATH June 9, 1853
Place of death Brussels