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His daughter [[Gabrielle Accolay]] (*[[1858]]) was a meritorious pianist in [[Bruges]]. When she was 31 years old, her newborn daughter, ''Julia Alonso'', died, and this incident is believed to have ended her career as a pianist. | His daughter [[Gabrielle Accolay]] (*[[1858]]) was a meritorious pianist in [[Bruges]]. When she was 31 years old, her newborn daughter, ''Julia Alonso'', died, and this incident is believed to have ended her career as a pianist. | ||
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Jean-Baptiste Accolay (Brussels(BE), 17 April 1833 - Bruges(BE), 19 August 1900 ) was a Belgian composer, flugelhornist and violinist.
Training
Jean-Baptiste Accolay studied violin at a young age with Nicolas-Lambert Wéry and Lambert Joseph Meerts at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels.
Career
After a short executive military and civilian career, he first taught as a flugelhorn player in Bruges and a violinist in the City Theater of Namur for a while in Tienen, where he married Barbe Hugo. He then became a teacher at the Bruges Conservatory. (before 1874 Municipal Music School)
Work
He is best known as a composer for his student violin concerto in A minor, which is part of the standard repertoire of art education. This work was for some time wrongly attributed to Henri Vieuxtemps. Jean-Baptiste Accolay was one of the founders of the Bruges concert association of the conservatory since 1896.
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Trivia
His daughter Gabrielle Accolay (*1858) was a meritorious pianist in Bruges. When she was 31 years old, her newborn daughter, Julia Alonso, died, and this incident is believed to have ended her career as a pianist.
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