Paul Collaer

Paul Collaer (June 8, 1891 – December 10, 1989) was a Belgian musicologist, pianist, and conductor of Flemish background.

Collaer was born in Boom, Belgium. He studied piano at the conservatoire in Mechelen and also studied physics, receiving a doctorate from the Université Libre de Bruxelles. For some years he served as professor of chemistry at that university. A strong advocate of modern music (particularly from France), he founded the Pro-Arte concerts in Brussels in 1921. Director of Flemish music at Belgian Radio from 1937 to 1953, he devoted himself mainly to ethnomusicological research after that time. Under his influence, the Cercle International d'études ethno-musicologiques was founded. He also published many works on 20th-century music.[1][2]

He died, aged 98, in Brussels.

References

  1. ↑ Godelieve Spiessens and Sylvie Janssens. "Collaer, Paul." In Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online, http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/06100 (accessed November 22, 2010).
  2. ↑ Paul Collaer (1891-1989), by Ferdinand J. de Hen, in Ethnomusicology 34, #3 (Autumn 1990), pp. 423-424, JSTOR 851627.