A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Denefve, Jules
DENEFVE, Jules, violoncellist and composer, born at Chimay 1814, entered the Brussels Conservatoire in 1833. He studied the violoncello under Platel and Demunck; became professor of the violoncello at the Ecole de Musique, and first violoncello at the theatre, and at the Société des Concerts at Mona. Within a few years he became director of the Ecole, conductor of the Société des Concerts, and founder and conductor (1841) of the Roland de Lattre choral society. He composed three operas for the Mons theatre; a number of choruses for men's voices; several cantatas (one for the erection of a statue to Orlando Lasso in 1858); a Requiem, and various orchestral pieces. Denefve is a member of the 'Société des beaux arts et de littérature' of Ghent, and honorary member of the most important choral societies in Belgium and the north of France.
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