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Jessé de Forest, leader of a group of Walloon-Huguenots who fled Europe due to religious persecutions. Jean de Labadie (1610–1674), Jesuit convert to Calvinism, founder of the pietistic Labadists. [537] Josué de la Place (c. 1596 – 1665 or possibly 1655), pastor and theologian. [538] [539] [540]
Flemish surnames are also common, due to Flemish economic immigration from 1850 to 1950. See Flanders name. There are also a lot of typical Walloon surnames, like Monami (fr: Mon ami, en: My friend), Dehasse (fr: de Hasselt, en: from Hasselt), Delcroix (fr: de la Croix, en: from the Cross), Delhaize or Donnay (some famous tennis equipment in ...
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Shakespeare used the word Walloon: "A base Walloon, to win the Dauphin's grace/Thrust Talbot with a spear in the back." A note in Henry VI, Part I says, "At this time, the Walloons [were] the inhabitants of the area, now in south Belgium, still known as the 'Pays wallon'."
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.
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Walloon Monument. There is a monument in the Battery Park section of lower Manhattan, New York City called the Walloon Settlers Memorial.That monument was given to the City of New York by the Belgian Province of Hainaut in honor of the inspiration of Jessé de Forest in founding New York City.
The label's president since 2001 has been Jean-Pierre Smyers, [2] and the current administrator is Christophe Pirenne, a rock-drummer and music writer. For many years, the label has been issued through collaborating record companies – notably the contract with Cyprès [ 3 ] [ 4 ] but also with labels such as Koch-Schwann .