Jan Blockx

Person · Open Library

Born

1851

Died

1912

Works

17

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Country

Belgium

Active from

1851

Active to

1912

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

226

Total plays

1,008

Blockx was a student of Peter Benoit at the Ecole de Musique, which later became the Flemish Music School. He later became a lecturer there and was adored by his students. He became the director of the Royal Flemish Music Conservatory in 1901 and was a member of the Royal Belgian Academy. His compositional style is a Belgian version of Romantic realism and he utilizes leitmotif, recitative and lyrical melodies. The debut of his first opera =Herbergprinses= (1896) is considered to be the beginnin

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. The SILVA ribosomal RNA gene database project: improved data processing and web-based tools

   · 2012 · cited 29,135x

2. General atomic and molecular electronic structure system

   · 1993 · cited 19,126x

3. Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome

   · 2001 · cited 18,605x

4. A global reference for human genetic variation

   · 2015 · cited 17,753x

5. The Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) statement: guidelines for reporting observational studies

   · 2007 · cited 17,491x

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Jan

Gender

male

Citizenship

Belgium

Place of birth

Antwerp

Place of death

Kapellen

Occupation

teacher

Genre

opera

Instrument

piano

Image

Jan Blockx, PA00462.jpg

Work location

Antwerp

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