DE BLANCK 



HUBERT DE BLANCK 



Musician; composer. 



Hubert de Blanck was born on the 

 eleventh of July, 1856, in Utrecht, Holland. 

 He received his first instruction from his 

 father and continued his studies in the 

 Conservatory at Liege under Professors 

 Dupuy and Le Dent, where he won the 

 second prize for proficiency at the piano 

 and gained a subvention from the govern- 

 ment. In 1873 when he was only sixteen 

 he made a tour of the cities of Russia, and 

 in 1875, being then director of the orches- 

 tra at the theater "El Dorado " in Warsaw, 

 he made a joint tour with the violinist 

 Dangremont through Germany and Den- 

 mark which was attended with marked 

 success. Following this tour the two musi- 

 cians sailed for South America where they 

 gave several concerts at the court of Don 



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