Person · Male
François-Joseph Fétis
Belgian composer
- From
- Mons, Belgium
- Active
- 1784–1871
- Releases
- 2
About
François-Joseph Fétis (French: [fetis]; 25 March 1784 – 26 March 1871) 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.
Discography
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Teacher
- Albert Guillion
- François‐Adrien Boïeldieu
- Peter Benoit
- Ferdinand Hérold
- Charles‐Marie Widor
- George Alexander Osborne
- Julius Eichberg
- Johann Christoph Lauterbach
- Guillaume Despréaux
- Hippolyte André Jean Baptiste Chélard
- Alexandre Chevillard
- Alphonse Gilbert
- Hippolyte de Fontmichel
- Félicien-César David
- Édouard Millault
- Pierre Lagrave
- Nicolas-Alexandre Marchand
- Louis-Barthélémy Pradher
- Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga
- Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens
- Paul Émile Bienaimé
- Xavier Boisselot
- Frantz Jehin-Prume
- Adolphe Samuel
- Frédéric Berr
- Jean-Delphin Alard
- Jules Denefve
- William Cusins
- Louise Bertin
- Pierre Maleden
- Alexandre Montfort
- Armand Limnander
- Antoine Elwart
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- 0b95e11e-e335-4e36-95dd-355675d48349
- ISNI
- 0000000121382165
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 7 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.