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Edmond de Coussemaker
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Edmond de Coussemaker

French musicologist and ethnologist (1805–1876)

Charles Edmond Henri de Coussemaker (19 April 1805 – 10 January 1876) was a French musicologist and ethnologist focusing mainly on the cultural heritage of French Flanders. His early publication of medieval music within the Scriptorum de musica medii aevi (1864–1876) was among the most important early music events predating its 20th-century revival.2

From Wikipedia’s article on Edmond de Coussemaker (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Apr 19, 1805, died Jan 10, 1876.1

Companies

Career

Occupation: politician, musicologist, jurist, folklorist, composer, ethnomusicologist.6

  • 1874 to 1876Mayor of Bourbourg4
  • 1861President, Lille Academy of Sciences4
  • 1853 to 1876President of the Comité flamand de France4 5
  • 1848 to 1876General councillor of Nord4
  • Date not recordedFounded Comité flamand de France3

Personal life

  • BornApr 19, 1805, Bailleul7 8
  • DiedJan 10, 1876, Lille9
  • CitizenshipFrance10
  • SpouseMarie Joséphine Uranie Mignard de La Mouillère11

Awards

  • Date not recordedKnight of the Legion of Honour12
  • Date not recordedOrder of St. Gregory the Great12

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