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Jean Absil

Belgian composer, organist, and professor (1893-1974)
Person human Q364121

Facts

22 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[17]
Date of birth
October 23, 1893
Date of death
February 2, 1974
Place of birth
Bon-Secours
Place of death
Uccle
Country of citizenship
Belgium[9]
Occupation
composer, musicologist, music educator, church musician
Employer
Royal Conservatory of Brussels[11]
Educated at
Royal Conservatory of Brussels[12]
Notable work
Roumaniana, Rites[14][15]
Genre
opera, symphony[18][19]
Languages spoken, written or signed
French[24]
Described by source
Brief Biographical Dictionary of Foreign Composers[23]
Family name
Absil[20]
Given name
Jean[21]
Instrument
organ[22]
Member of
Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium[16]
Native language
French[10]
P14536
394826
P14750
90D9-4DFA-3A7E-4E82-6FE3
Student
Nini Bulterijs[13]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 74
ISNI
0000000110253181
VIAF cluster ID
39560833
Library of Congress authority ID
n82237502
GND ID
119505312
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
JeanAbsilStatueBon-Secours.jpg ↗
Académie royale de Belgique member ID
ijeani-nicolas-joseph-absil
AllMusic artist ID
mn0001193362
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
138905722
Biographie nationale de Belgique ID
jean-absil
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
absil-jean
CANTIC ID
981060916173606706
Carnegie Hall agent ID
1010055
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Classical Archives composer ID
50072
CoBiS author ID
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DBNL author ID
absi002
De Agostini ID
Absil,+Jean
Deezer artist ID
3499351
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
119505312
Dezède person ID
9304
Dictionnaire des Wallons ID
absil-jean
Discogs artist ID
1269380
Encyclopaedia Beliana ID
absil-jean
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
jean-absil
Europeana entity
agent/base/154641
FAST ID
106006
FactGrid item ID
economy of Mongolia
Freebase ID
/m/06799s
GTAA ID
75248
Geni.com profile ID
6000000017927391166
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
jean-absil
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0000328
Gran Enciclopèdia de la Música ID
10266
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Jean_Absil
Grove Music Online ID
00068
Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
197
IMDb ID
nm0994081
IdRef ID
14329976X
KANTO ID
000187381
KBR person ID
14347125
Les Archives du spectacle person ID
141299
Lex ID
Jean_Absil
Libris-URI
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LiederNet composer ID
3120
MMB ID
73948
MusicBrainz artist ID
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Musicalics composer ID
78691
Musik-Sammler.de artist ID
451733
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000000014
NL CR AUT ID
mzk2003198626
NLA Trove people ID
1153100
NUKAT ID
n97039541
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000450288
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007273692105171
National Library of Latvia ID
000252175
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810640299405606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX1459103
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
075088177
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3865269
Open Library ID
OL2353400A
Operone composer ID
absil
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803095344823
Proleksis enciklopedija ID
6713
RISM ID
people/30016222
Radio France person ID
jean-absil
Runeberg author ID
absiljea
SBN author ID
LO1V132004
SELIBR ID
273106
SNAC ARK ID
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Spotify artist ID
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The Oxford Dictionary of Music entry ID
37
Treccani ID
jean-absil
Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija ID
jean-absil
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
person/0daac3c8-1fb3-40e4-b17f-73afd37521d4

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🔗 Connections
Mb:teacher 4
George Balch Wilson, Nini Bulterijs, Jan Decadt, Annette Vande Gorne
Occupation 3
composer, musicologist, music educator
Genre 2
opera, symphony
Country of citizenship 1
Belgium
Educated at 1
Royal Conservatory of Brussels
Employer 1
Royal Conservatory of Brussels
FactGrid item ID 1
economy of Mongolia
Given name 1
Jean
Instance of 1
human
Instrument 1
organ
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
French
Member of 1
Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium
Native language 1
French
Place of birth 1
Bon-Secours
Place of death 1
Uccle
Sex or gender 1
male
Student 1
Nini Bulterijs
Students 1
Nini Bulterijs
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Summary

Jean Absil was born on October 23, 1893[1], in Bon-Secours[2]. He died on February 2, 1974[3], in Uccle[4]. He worked as a composer[5], musicologist[6], music educator[7], and church musician[8].

FAQs

Where was Jean Absil born?

Jean Absil's place of birth was Bon-Secours[2].

Where did Jean Absil die?

Jean Absil died in Uccle[4].

What did Jean Absil do for work?

Jean Absil worked as a composer[5], musicologist[6], music educator[7], and church musician[8].

Where did Jean Absil go to school?

Jean Absil was educated at Royal Conservatory of Brussels[12].

Related Entities

Belgium

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [20] ↑ . International Standard Name Identifier. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [13] ↑ . oxfordmusiconline.com. oxfordmusiconline.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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