Joseph Callaerts (11 August 1830 – 3 March 1901) was a Belgian organist, carillonneur, composer and music teacher.
Joseph Callaerts (sometimes referred to as Jozef[1]) was born in 1830 in Antwerp, and spent nearly all of his life in that city.
He started learning music when he was a boy, singing in Antwerp's choir of the Cathedral of Our Lady.
Starting in 1850, Callaerts served as the organist at the Jesuit College in Antwerp.
Callaerts's compositions include an opera called Le Retour imprévu, a symphony,[2] a piano concerto, an organ concerto, a violin and orchestra concertpiece,[3] chamber music,[4] choral music, songs and many works for solo organ and solo piano.