A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Blaes, Arnold

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From volume 1 of the work.

1502859A Dictionary of Music and Musicians — Blaes, ArnoldGeorge GroveMary Catherine Hamilton

BLAES, Arnold Joseph, a great clarinet-player, born at Brussels 1814; pupil of Bachmann in the Conservatoire there, where he obtained the second prize in 1829 and the first in 1834. He visited Holland, Germany, and Russia, and in 39 was awarded a medal for his performance before the Société des Concerts in Paris; was solo clarinet to the King of the Belgians; and in 42 succeeded Bachmann as Professor in the Brussels Conservatoire.

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