biography
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| lived:
| (1867–1958)
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| biography:
| Violinist and conductor, born in Bordeaux, SW France, the son of Eugène Goossens (1845–1906). He studied at the Brussels Conservatoire and at the Royal Academy of Music, London, and played with the Carl Rosa Company under his father (1884–6) and with the orchestra at Covent Garden (1893–4). He was principal conductor of the Carl Rosa Company (1899–1915). His children were also well-known musicians: Eugène Goossens became a conductor and composer, Léon Goossens an oboist, and Marie Goossens (1894–1991) and Sidonie Goossens (1899– ) both harpists. |
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