Auguste van Biene (16 May 1849 â€" 23 January 1913) was a Dutch
composer, cellist and actor. He became best known for his composition
The Broken Melody, performed by the composer as part of a musical play
of the same name.Van Biene grew up in Rotterdam and displayed a
musical interest as a youth. After some private studies with Adrien
Francois Servais at the Brussels Conservatory he moved to London to
seek work as a performer. Van Biene was discovered by Sir Michael
Costa, who hired him to play the cello in his Covent Garden orchestra
in November 1867, eventually promoting him to principal cellist.In
1878 van Biene was a touring musical director for Richard D'Oyly
Carte's Comedy Opera Company, and in the 1880s he conducted successful
light operas and Victorian burlesques. By the 1880s he had also become
a theatrical manager as well as an actor and playwright. As a cellist
he was invited to be an examiner at the Royal Academy of Music in
1884. In 1892 he commissioned, wrote the score for, and starred in a
musical play, the highly successful The Broken Melody, in which he
toured for many years. He died on 23 January 1913 while on stage at
the Brighton Hippodrome.Van Biene was born Ezechiel van Biene, in
Rotterdam, the son of an actor. His parents were Joseph Abraham van
Biene and Eva (née van Norden). He showed a musical talent at an
early age and studied the cello with Adrien Francois Servais at the
Brussels Conservatory. In 1864 he began playing as a section cellist
with the Rotterdam Opera House Orchestra. Three years later, when he
was 18, he moved to London to seek work as a performer. Auguste van Biene Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter