large choral works. He resigned from these organisations in 1871. From 1871 to 1898, Samuel was the director of the Royal Conservatory of Ghent where he additionally taught counterpoint, fugue, composition and music esthetics. Simultaneously he directed the Cercle artistique, littéraire et scientifique in Ghent from 1874 to 1880. Samuel's own compositional work combines the influences of Berlioz, Wagner and Liszt. His principal works are the monumental programatic Sixth symphony, based on the Old Testament (1891) and the Seventh, based on the New Testament (1893). Conversion and death In 1895 Samuel was baptized and became a Roman Catholic, converted from Judaism late in life. He died in Ghent. At the composer's wish, his mass was presented during his funeral. His son Eugene Samuel was also a composer. Works Il a rêvé, comic opera, 1845 La Vendetta, Cantata, 1845 1st Symphony op.8, 1846 2nd Symphony op.9, 1847 Giovanni da Procida, Great Opera, 1847 Madeleine , comic opera, (libretto: Gustave Vaëz), 1850 Roland à Ronceveaux, Poème symphonique, 1850 Les Deux Précendants, comic opera, (libretto: Louis Schoonen), 1851 L'Heure de la retraite, Comic Opera, (Libretto: Eugène van Bemmel), 1854 Cantate du jubilée, cantata, 1855 L'Union fait la force, cantata, 1855 3rd Symphony op.28, 1858 Cantate nationale, cantata op.29, 1859 4th Symphony op.33, 1863 5th Symphony op.35, 1869 De Wederkomst, cantata, op.38, 1875 Leopold I, cantata, 1880 6th Symphony (Symphony à program) op. 44, 1889 7th Symphony "Christ" op. 48, 1893 Literature Thierry Levaux: Le Dictionnaire of the Compositeurs de Belgique du Moyen-Age à nos jours, S. 550-551, Editions: "Art in Belgium" 2006, . References External links Studiecentrum Vlaamse Muziek (Dutch) page on Adolphe Samuel. (Includes list of his 7 symphonies.) runeberg.org, in the Nordisk familjebok, Second Edition, 1916. oxfordmusiconline.com 1824 births 1898 deaths Converts to Roman Catholicism from Judaism Belgian Roman Catholics Belgian classical composers Romantic composers Belgian conductors (music) Belgian male musicians Male conductors (music) Belgian Jews Belgian opera composers Male opera composers Jewish opera composers Belgian music critics Royal Conservatory of Liège alumni Prix de Rome (Belgium) winners 19th-century journalists Male journalists 19th-century classical composers 19th-century conductors (music) Belgian male classical composers 19th-century male writers