Georges-Jacques Aelsters (1770 – 11 April 1849) was a
carillonneur and
composer
A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music.
Etymology and Defi ...
from
Ghent
Ghent ( nl, Gent ; french: Gand ; traditional English: Gaunt) is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of the East Flanders province, and the third largest in the country, exceeded in ...
.
He was born into a musical family at Ghent. He was carillonneur of that town from 1788 to 1839. He was also for fifty years director of the music at the , and composer of much church music still performed well after his death in
Flanders
Flanders (, ; Dutch: ''Vlaanderen'' ) is the Flemish-speaking northern portion of Belgium and one of the communities, regions and language areas of Belgium. However, there are several overlapping definitions, including ones related to culture, ...
, especially a
Miserere.
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Flemish composers
Carillonneurs
Classical composers of church music
Musicians from Ghent
1770 births
1849 deaths
19th-century keyboardists