[127] Alphonse d’Eve received the appointment of Choirmaster at the Antwerp Cathedral on November 5, 1718, having previously directed during a long period the choir of the church of St. Martin in Courtrai. The announcement of Fétis that d’Eve composed a solemn Mass in the year 1719, for two choirs, with accompaniment for instruments, amongst which there was an obbligato for Violoncello, is a matter of interest to us.
[128] Fétis points out that he was at the Favart Theatre. Müntzberger, however, calls himself on the title-page of the Cello School: “Professeur de Violoncelle au Théâtre Feydeau.”
[129] Fétis gives the year of his birth 1812. His brother, Joseph, was born 1816.—(Tr.)
[130] For the Cellists, Hegar and Giese, see pp. [130] and [152].
[133] Alfred Heyn, a pupil of Fr. Grützmacher, was then solo cellist in the municipal orchestra at Aix and now lives at Darmstadt. Compare p. [138].