A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Campenhout, François

CAMPENHOUT, François van, born at Brussels 1780 [App. p.576 "Feb. 5, 1779"], died there 1848 [App. p.576 adds "April 24"], began his career in the orchestra at the Théâtre de la Monnaie. Having developed a high tenor voice he appeared on the stage at the same theatre. During the ensuing thirty years he sang in the chief towns of Holland, Belgium, and France, and made his farewell appearance at Ghent in 1827. He composed several operas, 'Grotius' (Amsterdam, 1808); 'Le Passe-partout' (Lyons, 1815); 'L'heureux Mensonge,' and others unpublished, besides songs, choruses, and church music. His name, however, is chiefly associated with the Brabançonne, which he composed at the time of the revolution in 1830, and has now become the national air of Belgium.

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