Belgian cellist Guillaume Paque was born in Brussels on 24.7.1825; he died in London on 2.3.1876. From 1835 onwards he studied with Francois de Munck at the Conservatoire in Brussels, where he went on to play cello in the royal theatre. After working in Barcelona for some time as a teacher and cellist at the Italian Opera he moved to London in 1850, where he played as principal cellist at the Theatre Royal and taught at the Royal Academy of Music. Paque published twenty-six works with Schott inc...