„Dear Mrs. Laurent,
... would you also consider whether there are parts of his correspondence with artists and other documents of the times that you could commit to the trust of our Study and Documentation Centre for Flemish music. Here, they would not only be kept and preserved, but also analyzed and made accessible to the public. This is something we consider particularly important because Jean Laurent was one of the last relevant representatives of the extinct Belgian Violin School. " ....
Doyen Pascale De Groote
Koninklijk Conservatoire, 12 November 2008
„Dear Mrs. Laurent,
... The collection you have set up actually is a revealing contribution to the history of violin playing in the 20th century, in which connection the link to the Antwerp Conservatoire of course is also of importance to us." ...
Pascale De Groote, President
SVM Studiecentrum voor Vlaamse Muziek, 08 April 2009
SVM Studiecentrum Vlaamse Muziek
Em. Prof. Michael Scheck, Direktor
Jan Dewilde, Bibliothekar
Jan Van Rijswijcklaan 155
2018 Antwerpen – Belgium
Tel. +32 (0)3 244 18 29
Fax +32 (0)3 244 19 24
www.svm.be
michael.scheck@artesis.be
jan.dewilde@artesis.be
Early in 2009, Marianne Laurent bequeathed to the Study Centre for Flemish Music some manuscripts, letters and sheet music from the estate of her husband from his period in Belgium between 1943 and 1958 as a donation.
Persons interested can inspect these sources and use them for research purposes there. Attached, you can find an overview of the inheritance. You can also find some excerpts from these letters under DOCUMENTS on this homepage.
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Carl flesch Hungarian-Jewish violinist, born in 1873, who emigrated from the Nazi Regime to London in 1934, to Holland in 1939 and died in Lucerne, Switzerland, on 15 November 1944. Flesh was the teacher of Jean Laurent in London. 10 letters from Carl Flesch to Jean Laurent 2 letters from Bertha Flesh
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Dominique Blot Violinist, member of ARS Rediviva, a ladies' Baroque ensemble, and student of Carl Flesch. ARS Rediviva performed numerous unknown or forgotten works from the 17th and 18th century that Claude Crussard (founder and head of the ensemble, musicologist, clavecinist, pianist) uncovered in libraries throughout Europe. All members of the ensemble, except the flautist, died in an air crash near Lisbon on 01 February 1947. Literature: 3 letters from Dominique Blot to Jean Laurent
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Lodewijk De Vocht Conductor, composer, choir director, Director of Music of the Cathedral of Antwerp, founder and choir director of Chorale Caecilia, Director of the Conservatory of Antwerp 4 letters from Lodewijk De Vocht to Jean Laurent 4 letters from Jean Laurent to Lodewijk De Vocht
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Flor Peeters Director of the Conservatory of Antwerp, composer, organist (owned the organ table of César Franck) 5 letters from Flor Peeters to Jean Laurent
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Alfred Dubois Violinist, teacher at the Conservatory of Brussels, teacher of Jean Laurent 1 letter from Alfred Dubois to Jean Laurent (1942)
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Jef Maes
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Henk Badings
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John GlaZer (Belgian-Jewish composer, victim of the holocaust. Provided with identity documents by Belgian friends in 1941 with the intention to flee to Switzerland, the escape failed probably because they also found his Jewish passport that he couldn't bear to part with.)
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