Composer · Organist and composer
Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens
Biography
Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens (1823–1881) was a Belgian organist, composer and teacher, also known as Jaak Nikolaas Lemmens.
He studied at the Brussels Conservatory with Christian Girschner and François-Joseph Fétis and continued his training with Adolph Friedrich Hesse in Breslau. Appointed professor of organ in Brussels in 1849, he helped establish a disciplined approach to organ technique and the performance of Bach. His compositions and teaching played an important role in the development of the nineteenth-century Belgian and French organ schools.