About Jean-Baptiste Dubois
Lived 1870 – 1938 (aged 68). Jean-Baptiste Dubois was a Canadian cellist, conductor, professor and composer.
Jean-Baptiste Dubois (19 January 1870 — 4 July 1938) was a Belgian-born Canadian cellist, conductor, composer, and music educator. He was the founder of the Dubois String Quartet.
Life and career Born in Ghent on 19 January 1870, Dubois was the son of musician Alphonsus Josephus Dubois and Anna Catharina Laevaert. He studied cello with Jean-Baptiste Rappé and Jules de Swert at the Ghent Conservatory (GC).
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Canadian cellist, conductor and professor (1870–1938)
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Jean-Baptiste Dubois was born on 19 January 1870 in Ghent.
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Jean-Baptiste Dubois died on 4 July 1938 in Montreal.
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Jean-Baptiste Dubois was a cellist, conductor, professor and composer.
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Jean-Baptiste Dubois was Canadian.
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