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François-Joseph Fétis

Born: 25th March 1784, Mons, Belgium

Died: 26th March 1871, Brussels, Belgium

Nationality: Belgian

François-Joseph Fétis was a Belgian musicologist, critic, teacher and composer. He was among the most influential music intellectuals in continental Europe. His enormous compilation of biographical data in the Biographie universelle des musiciens remains an important source of information today.

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