Nicolas Bosret
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Nicolas Bosret was a blind
composer
and organist
at the St. Loup church in Namur
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In 1851 he composed Li Bia Bouquet (originally named Li bouquet del marieye), a song in the Walloon language
that gained a lot of popularity in that city and became the official hymn of the city.
Blindness
Blindness is the condition of lacking visual perception due to physiological or neurological factors.Various scales have been developed to describe the extent of vision loss and define blindness...
composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
and organist
Organist
An organist is a musician who plays any type of organ. An organist may play solo organ works, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers or instrumental soloists...
at the St. Loup church in Namur
Namur (city)
Namur is a city and municipality in Wallonia, in southern Belgium. It is both the capital of the province of Namur and of Wallonia....
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In 1851 he composed Li Bia Bouquet (originally named Li bouquet del marieye), a song in the Walloon language
Walloon language
Walloon is a Romance language which was spoken as a primary language in large portions of the Walloon Region of Belgium and some villages of Northern France until the middle of the 20th century. It belongs to the langue d'oïl language family, whose most prominent member is the French language...
that gained a lot of popularity in that city and became the official hymn of the city.