François-Joseph Fétis

(1784-1871)

"Isabel de Porcel" (1804), oil on canvas, 82 x 54 cm, of the painter Francisco Goya, contemporary of Fétis (National Gallery, London)

The musician François-Joseph Fétis, who wrote music for orchestra, chamber and vocal music, was born in Mons on the 25th March 1784, the same year of the composers Berton, Blondeau, Castil-Blaze, Corri, Henning, Mengal, Morlacchi, Onslow, Ries, Spohr. He died in Bruxelles on the 26th March 1871

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Music examples MIDI ed Mp3 of Neoclassical period

François-Joseph Fétis

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"L'amant et le mari" was performed on the 8th of June 1820 in Parigi (Théâtre de l'Opéra-Comique)

"Les soeurs jumelles" was performed on the 5th of July 1823 in Parigi (Théâtre de l'Opéra-Comique)

"Marie Stuart en Ecosse" was performed on the 20th of August 1823 in Parigi (Théâtre de l'Opéra-Comique)

"Phidias" has been represented in 1824

"Le bourgeois de Reims" was performed on the 7th of June 1825 in Parigi (Théâtre de l'Opéra-Comique)

"La vieille" was performed in Parigi on the 14th of March 1826 (Théâtre de l'Opéra-Comique)

"Le mannequin de Bergame" was performed in Parigi on the 1st of March 1832 (Théâtre de l'Opéra-Comique)

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