François-Joseph Fétis

François-Joseph Fétis was a Belgian musicologist, critic, teacher and composer. He was among the most influential music intellectuals in continental Europe. His enormous compilation of biographical data in the Biographie universelle des musiciens remains an important source of information today.

Occupation

composer, librarian, musicologist, pedagogue

Citizenship

Belgium

Born

March 25, 1784, 1784

Died

March 26, 1871, 1871