Charles Borremans (5 April 1769 – 17 July 1827), was a composer of operas, and a

violin The violin, sometimes known as a ''fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone (string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in the family in regular ...

ist and conductor at the

Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie The Royal Theatre of La Monnaie (french: Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, italic=no, ; nl, Koninklijke Muntschouwburg, italic=no; both translating as the "Royal Theatre of the Mint") is an opera house in central Brussels, Belgium. The National O ...

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from 1804 to 1825. The composer Charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens succeeded him as conductor of this opera house. Borremans was born and died in

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. The Borremans family was related to the Artot family: his sister was married to Maurice Artot, father of the famous violinist Joseph-Alexander Artot. A ''Quatuor for the pianoforte harpsichord or with accompaniment of bass and two violone in F'', of which a part is missing, is mentioned as number 476 in the inventory of the archives of the

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at Edingen. Marie Conraz, ''Inventaire complet des archives musicales du Fonds pour le secteur privé de la famille d'Arenberg à Enghien'', online complete inventory of the personal music collection of the

in their archives in Edingen, p. 10

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Belgian classical violinists Male classical violinists Belgian conductors (music) Belgian male musicians Male conductors (music) 1769 births 1827 deaths {{Belgium-conductor-stub