Verrimst, Victor Frederic

Of Belgian descent, Victor Frรฉdรฉric Verrimst was born in Paris on 29 November 1825 and studied at the Paris Conservatoire with Louis Franรงois Chaft (double bass), Antoine Elwart (harmony) and Simon Leborne (counterpoint). He worked as a double bassist at the Opรฉra-
Comique and later the Paris Opera and at the Sociรฉtรฉ des Concerts du Conservatoire. Alongside his double bass duties, he was also choirmaster of the Church of St. Thomas Aquinas and, from 1860, organist at the Church of St. Bernard.

Verrimst was also Professor of Double Bass at the Paris Conservatoire and composed a number of solo and educational works for the instrument.


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