Léon Jongen (2 March 1884 – 18 November 1969) was a Belgian composer and organist. He was born in Liège, on March 2, 1884. His father Alphonse had an...
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where his parents had moved from Flanders. He was the elder brother of Léon Jongen. On the strength of his precocity for music, he was admitted to the Liège...
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organist, composer, and music educator Léon Jongen (1884–1969), Belgian composer and organist, brother of Joseph Marc Jongen (born 1968), German politician Jørgen...
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Nadia Boulanger Marcel Cuvelier (chairman) Sem Dresden Camargo Guarnieri Léon Jongen Gian Francesco Malipiero Frank Martin Aloys Mooser Andrzej Panufnik Marcel...
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Brussels; a post he remained in until 1925 when he was succeeded by Joseph Jongen. As a composer, Du Bois was heavily influenced by Richard Wagner and followed...
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included Fox's unique interpretation of works by Bach, Handel, Fibich and Léon Jongen. In 1965, Fox left Riverside Church to devote himself to concertizing...
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François-Auguste Gevaert 1908–1912: Edgar Tinel 1912–1925: Léon Du Bois 1925–1939: Joseph Jongen 1939–1949: Léon Jongen 1949–1966: Marcel Poot 1966–1973: Camille Schmit...
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1943. Among his teachers at the Conservatory were Raymond Moulaert and Léon Jongen. A continued his studies with Jean Absil, and won the Belgian Prix de...
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for the competition. The jury consisted of: Angèle Guller, David Bee, Léon Jongen, Jean Omer, Peter Packay, Jaap Streefkerk, Robert Wasmuth, and René Hénoumont [fr]...
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Frey Ignaz Friedman Walter Gieseking Siegfried Grundeis Bernard Heinze Léon Jongen Raoul Koczalski Artur Lemba Marcel Maas Carlo Van Neste Nikolay Orlov...
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