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Its meaning narrowed yet again during the French and Dutch periods and, at Belgian independence, the term designated only Belgians speaking a Romance language (French, Walloon, Picard, etc.) The linguistic cleavage in the politics of Belgium adds a political content to "the emotional cultural, and linguistic concept". [ 9 ]
Key work: Memoirs of a Huguenot Family. [336] François Guizot (1787–1874), French historian, statesman. Key work: History of France. [337] Auguste Himly (1823–1906), French historian and geographer. [338] Francis Labilliere (1840–1895), Australian historian and imperialist, son of Huguenot-descended Charles Edgar de Labilliere. He was ...
Some surnames have an unclear origin, like Berger, meaning shepherd in French, and mountaineer in Dutch and German. The particle De also means From or From the in French and means The in Dutch, which does not help finding the origin. Flemish surnames are also common, due to Flemish economic immigration from 1850 to 1950. See Flanders name.
In 1924, the US issued a commemorative half dollar, known as the "Huguenot-Walloon half dollar", [145] to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the Huguenots' settlement in what is now the United States. Frenchtown, New Jersey, part of the larger Delaware River Valley, was a settling area in the early 1700s.
Les Huguenots (French pronunciation: [le ˈyg(ə)no]) [1] is an opera by Giacomo Meyerbeer and is one of the most popular and spectacular examples of grand opera. In five acts, to a libretto by Eugène Scribe and Émile Deschamps , it premiered in Paris on 29 February 1836.
Lassus leading a chamber ensemble (contemporary painting by Hans Mielich) Many of the major 15th- and 16th-century composers of the Franco-Flemish School—a current of vocal polyphony that played a central role in European art music of the time—were born and bred in the portion of the Low Countries that is situated in present-day Belgium, often in Hainaut. [1]
Alemannisch; العربية; Беларуская; Беларуская (тарашкевіца) Български; Català; Čeština; Dansk; Deutsch; Español
This is a list of composers by name, alphabetically sorted by surname, then by other names.The list of composers is by no means complete. It is not limited by classifications such as genre or time period; however, it includes only music composers of significant fame, notability or importance who also have current Wikipedia articles.