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after reviewing "Benvenuto
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Adolphe-Abraham Samuel was born in Liège in an artistic family. His parents encouraged him to become a painter and he began studying at the age of seven. He received his earliest music education from his sister
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before touring Italy for two years in 1846 and 1847. During his time in Rome he composed his opera
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where he additionally taught counterpoint, fugue, composition and music esthetics. Simultaneously he directed the Cercle artistique, littéraire et scientifique in Ghent from 1874 to 1880.
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to the public in these concerts. In 1869 he also founded the Société de
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