Gustave Poncelet
Belgian musician
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| Intro | Belgian musician | |
| Places | Belgium | |
| was | Musician Clarinetist | |
| Work field | Music | |
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| Instruments: | Clarinet | |
| Birth | 1844 | |
| Death | 1903 (aged 59 years) |
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Gustave Poncelet (1844-1903) was a Belgian clarinetist-saxophonist. He is credited with creating the first clarinet choir (this ensemble consisted of up to about twenty-seven players) at the Brussels Conservatory in the late nineteenth century while he was teaching there.