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Colyns

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Personal name headingColyns
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Variant(s)Colyns, J. B., 1834-1902
Colyns, Jean-Baptiste, 1834-1902
Colijns, Jean-Baptiste, 1834-1902
Birth date1834-11-25
Death date1902-10-31
Place of birthBrussels (Belgium)
Place of deathBrussels (Belgium)
Profession or occupationComposers Conductors Violinists
Found inHandel, G.F. Sechs Violin-Sonaten, 189-?: t.p. (Colyns) captions (J.B. Colyns)
[Manuscript score for the opera, Le capitain Raymond], 1881: title page (Jean-Baptiste Colyns)
Oxford Music Online, 27 December 2016 (Colyns [Colijns], Jean-Baptiste; born Brussels, 25 November 1834; died Brussels, 31 October 1902; Belgian violinist, conductor and composer; at an early age he entered the Brussels Conservatory, where he studied with L.-J. Meerts, and N.-L. Wéry, and won a premier prix for violin; he played solo violin at the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels, and in 1863 was appointed to teach the violin at the Brussels Conservatory; he was the first violinist of the Belgian court's string quintet and conducted the Société de Symphonie des Amateurs, which gave numerous concerts in Brussels; as a soloist he toured in England, France, Germany and the Netherlands with great success; in 1884 he conducted the Cercle Symphonique et Dramatique and from 1888 he taught at the Antwerp Conservatory; he was highly regarded as both a teacher and performer; the delicacy and purity of his interpretations were particularly praised; his compositions include a violin concerto, several salon pieces for the violin and two operas)