Lemmens

(lem'-mans), Jacques Nico- las, orgt. b. Zoerle-Parwys, Belgium, Jan. 3, 1823; d. Castle Linter port, near Malines. Jan. 30, 1881. Pupil of father, of Van der Broeck, at Bru els Cons, of F4tis, winning 1st prize, at Breslau at gov't expense of A. He e; 1849 prof, at Cons.; teacher of many famous pupils (Mailly, Callaerts, etc); after marriage 1857 to Helene Sherrington (b. Oct. 4, 1834), singer (pupil at Bru els, concert singer in England, in opera after 1860), L. lived in England; 1879 opened training school for church orgts and choirmasters at Mechlin; many valuable compositions, method, notable for influence toward bettering of org. and increasing interest in Bach.