Edouard Silas, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Edouard Silas

Dutch composer

Date of Birth: 22-Aug-1827

Place of Birth: Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 08-Feb-1909

Profession: composer

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Edouard Silas (22 August 1827 – 8 February 1909) who was born in Amsterdam and died in London, was a Dutch composer and organist. He studied in Paris with Friedrich Kalkbrenner, François Benoist and Jacques Fromental Halévy.
He lived in London from 1850.
Silas was organist at the Catholic Chapel of Kingston upon Thames and Professor of Harmony at the Guildhall School of Music.
He was a composer of symphonies, piano concertos, string quartets and organ works.
He composed a Mass for four voices and organ for which he won a Belgian competition for sacred music in 1866 and he also composed other sacred music.