(b. Ghent, 1728; chapelle, Brussels. He was at Ghent Cathedral from 1770 or 1771. He left some 60 compositions, mostly in private hands. (2) F r a n c o is (b. Brussels, Oct. 3, 1733), music teacher at Brussels, 1760, composer to the Royal Chapel, 1770-83. According to F etis he 1 Riemann gives 1748. * The date, 1814, was Riven by DlabaS and Wurzbach, who havo been followed by some la te r authorities. a See J a h n 's Mozart, Engl, trans., ii. 347. " Bee Thayer, iii. 449 ; Krehbiel, U. 219. was organist at Notre Dame au Sablon. F 6tis quotes also F r a n c o i s - J o s e p h (b. Brussels, July 22, 1720). The history is so far greatly confused, and it is uncertain to which of the foregoing the sonatas in Haffner's ' Raccolta ' or the 12 minuets, 13 pieces en echo mentioned in Q.-L. have to be attributed. I t appears certain, however, that the masses and sacred songs at the collegiate church of Anderlecht (dated 1783) are by Francois (2).