Charles-François Angelet

Angelet was born in Ghent in 1797; his parents were Robert Angelet, organist of the parish church of Onze-Lieve-Vrouw Sint-Pieterskerk [nl], and his wife Angeline van Wichelen. His father was his first music teacher; at age seven, he gave a concert. Aged seventeen, he was appointed organist of a church in Wetteren, near Ghent.^[1]

In 1821 he went to the Conservatoire de Paris; he studied piano with Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmerman, harmony and accompaniment with Victor Dourlen, and composition with François-Joseph Fétis, the director of the conservatoire, who thought he was a promising composer. In 1822 he won first prize in a piano competition at the conservatoire, and was appointed répétiteur.^[1][2]

He moved to Brussels, where he was a piano teacher at the Royal Music School.^[2]

In 1829 he became pianist of the court of William I of the Netherlands. After a period of failing health he died in Ghent in 1832, aged 35.^[1]

Angelet wrote a symphony that won a prize in Ghent in 1820. His other compositions are mostly piano music; he also wrote a piano trio and some songs.^[1][2]

Fétis wrote, "Angelet had originality in his ideas, and wrote with elegance and purity".^[1]