Eugène Goossens, fils

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Eugène Goossens (1867 – 1958) was a French conductor and violinist.

He was born in Bordeaux and studied at the conservatoire in Brussels and the Royal Academy of Music in London. He played under his father, Eugène Goossens, with the Carl Rosa Company, becoming principal conductor there in 1899.

Eugène Goossens was the father of the composer and conductor Sir Eugène Aynsley Goossens (1893 – 1962), the harpists Marie Goossens (1894 – 1991) and Sidonie Goossens (1899 – 2004), the hornist Adolph Goossens (1896 – 1916), and the oboist Léon Goossens (1897 – 1988).