Wotquenne, Alfred
Wotquenne, Alfred (b Lobbes, 1867; d Antibes, 1939). Belg. musicologist. Librarian, Brussels Cons. 1894–1918. Among his works are a bibliographical study of Galuppi (1899, enlarged 1902), catalogue of 17th-cent. It. opera and oratorio libs. (1901–14), thematic catalogue of works of Gluck (1904) and of C. P. E. Bach (1905). See Wq.
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