Gregoir, Jacques (Mathieu Joseph)
Gregoir, Jacques (Mathieu Joseph)
Gregoir, Jacques (Mathieu Joseph), Belgian pianist and composer, brother of Édouard (Georges Jacques) Gregoir; b. Antwerp, Jan. 19, 1817; d. Brussels, Oct. 29, 1876. He studied with Henri Herz in Paris and with Rummel in Biebrich. He gave a number of successful piano recitals in Belgium, Germany, and Switzerland. He wrote salon pieces for piano and several practical methods of piano playing, and publ. duets for violin and piano in collaboration with Vieuxtemps. He also composed an opera, Le Gondolier de Venise (1848).
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