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Armand-Marie Ghislain Limnander van Nieuwenhove (born 22 May 1814 in

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, Belgium – d. 15 August 1892 at the Château de Moignanville, a village in the department of

Seine-et-Oise Seine-et-Oise () was the former department of France encompassing the western, northern and southern parts of the metropolitan area of Paris.Order of Leopold, he was the founder and conductor of the choral chamber ensembles ''Société Symphonique'' and ''Réunion Lyrique'' in Belgium.

Biography

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Born to a family who formerly belonged to the

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of the late

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, ennobled in 1683, Armand Limnander van Nieuwenhoven was raised in the village of Malines. Thys, Augustin (1855),
Historique des sociétés chorales de Belgique
'' p. 173, De Busscher, He studied in Freiburg with

Louis Lambillotte Louis Lambillotte (born La Hamaide, ( Hainaut, Belgium), 27 March 1796; died Paris, 27 February 1855) was a Belgian Jesuit, composer and palaeographer of Church music, associated with the restoration of Gregorian music, which he inaugurated an ...

and in Paris with

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, director of the

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.Rice, Albert R. (2009),
From the Clarinet D'Amour to the Contra Bass: A History of Large Size Clarinets, 1740-1860
'' p. 373,

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, From 1838 to 1847 he conducted with great distinction the direction of an amateur choral society entitled ''Réunion Lyrique'' composed of 25 members, for which he wrote a number of musical pieces for male voices and which eventually came to establish his reputation in festivals and competitions. In 1845, prompted by the desire to work for the stage, he left for Paris. The following year he performed at the chateau des

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, in the presence of King

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, three choir excerpts from his ''Scènes druidiques'' with orchestral accompaniment under the direction of

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. In 1847 Limnander decided to settle in the French capital, where his dramas and lyrical operas such as ''The Montenegrins'' (1848), by

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and

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, which premiered there on 31 March the following year, was very well received along with his ''Le Château de la Barbe-Bleue'' (1851). In the course of 1853 the composer was working on two books, one for the

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and the other to the

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of Paris. The first of these pieces ''Le Maitre à Chanter,'' a grand opera in two acts set to a libretto of

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, choreographed by Joseph Mazilier, successfully premiered at the Academy of Music on 17 October 1853. His opera ''Yvonne'' (1859), set to a libretto by

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, premiered at the ''Theatre de l'Opéra-Comique'' on 29 November 1859 and was also well received. His religious music is composed of a

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, performed in 1845 on the anniversary of the avencement to the throne of King Leopold, a

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, written in honor of the citizens killed in the upheaval of 1830 and performed in Brussels in September 1852, the

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''La Messe de minuit,'' performed by the choir ''Harmonie à Bruxelles'' in April 1853, during the political majority of Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant, and a national song for full orchestra with text by

André Henri Constant van Hasselt André Henri Constant van Hasselt ( nl, Andries Hendrik van Hasselt; 5 January 18061 December 1874) was a Dutch-Belgian writer and poet who wrote mainly in French. Life Born at Maastricht, Van Hasselt was first educated at the ''Koninklijk Athen ...

, written for the celebration of the national festivities in Brussels in 1855.

Genealogy

Son of Benoit Jérôme Limnander de Nieuwenhod and of French Countess Mallet de Coupigny, married on 30 September 1835 at the chateau de Ramsdonck Éléonore-Euphémie-Antoinette-Ghislain (21 August 1808 – 13 October 1848), née de Meester, daughter of François-Théodore and Ignace-Julie de Giey. His first daughter was Elmire-Philomème-Celine Marie-Ghislain (17 January 1837). His first son was Albert-Antoine-Victoire-Marie-Ghislain Limnander de Nieuwenhove (5 November 1838). Athanase-Antoine-Marie-Ghislain (5 November 1840), Raoul-Auguste-Théodore-Antoine-Marie-Ghislain (8 October 1841 – 1845), and Théodore-Hubert-Marie-Ghislain (18 August 1843). Armand Limnander was made Knight of the Order of Leopold from 1850, and married on 7 June 1850 in Paris, Rose Caroline Blin, daughter of Louis François Toussaint and Marie Caroline Gosselin. His first son was Louis-Armand-Victor-Marie-Ghislain Limnander de Nieuwenhover (7 December 1850 – 7 August 1853), Fernand Louis Marie Ghislain Limnander de Nieuwenhover (20 December 1854) and Gaston Eugène Marie Ghislain Limnander de Nieuwenhover (20 March 1856).

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