Dieudonne Duguet

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Life

Born: 22 September 1794

Died: 18 April 1849

Biography

Dieudonne Duguet was a Belgian composer, born and died at Liege. He founded with Henrard and Jaspar, in 1821, a school of music which did much good work until absorbed in the Conservatoire, established at Liege bj' the government in 1827, in which he was then made professor of solfege. In 1828 he became organist of the Church of Saint-Denis, in 1835 maitre de chapelle, and in 1837 organist of the cathedral. He was stricken with blindness in 1835, and had to resign his class at the Conservatoire. He did much to cultivate the study of religious music in Liege.

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