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François-Auguste Gevaert

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which entitled him to two years' travel. The journey was postponed during the production of his first opera and other works. He finally embarked on it in 1849. After a short stay in Paris he went to Spain, and subsequently to Italy.
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Though during his lifetime Gevaert's own music enjoyed considerable success in Belgium (it included no fewer than a dozen operas, including
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Gevaert kept a journal while travelling through different countries. This is an excerpt from the manuscript "Journey to Spain", 1850–1852.
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Soon Gevaert's compositions attracted attention, and he won the
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there, in succession to the popular operatic composer
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for organists. Notable students of Gevaert included
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Huise
Oudenaarde
Ghent Conservatory
Martin-Joseph Mengal
Jesuit
Belgian Prix de Rome
Academie de Musique
Fromental Halévy
Brussels Conservatoire
Alfred Wotquenne
C. P. E. Bach
Hippolyte Fierens-Gevaert
Order of Leopold
Order of Leopold
Vers l'avenir
Michel Carré
Eugène Cormon
Walter Scott
Jacob van Artevelde


Nicolas Slonimsky
Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians

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