Alpaerts, Jef

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Alpaerts, Jef

Alpaerts, Jef, Belgian conductor and teacher, son of Flor Alpaerts; b. Antwerp, July 17, 1904; d. there, Jan. 15, 1973. He studied at the Royal Flemish Cons, in Antwerp, and in Paris with Philipp and Cortot (piano) and d’Indy (composition). From 1936 to 1969 he was a teacher at the Royal Flemish Cons. In 1938 he founded the Collegium Musicum Antverpiense, which he led in performances of early music

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