Background
Albert was born in Antwerp and studied initially at the Royal Flemish Conservatory in Antwerp, and later with Marinus de Jong (Vanacker 2001).
Albert was born in Antwerp and studied initially at the Royal Flemish Conservatory in Antwerp, and later with Marinus de Jong (Vanacker 2001).
From 1924 to 1933 he worked as musical adviser and conductor of Het Vlaams Volkstoneel, later becoming an assistant director at the Flemish Section of the Belgian National Broadcasting Service (NIR), Brussels, a post he held until his retirement in 1961. After this year he worked as a music critic for the weekly paper Het toneel, and focused his attention on composition. He was best known for the stage music he composed for the Vlaams Volkstoneel and the Théâtre du Marais in Brussels.
He died in Liedekerke in 1987 (Mertens and Volbroth-Danys 2001).