André Devaere d.14 November 1914

On 17th May 1914 André Devaere played his last recital in the Kortrijk town hall. He performed Bach´s Toccata and Fugue in c minor, some CPE Bach, Beethoven´s Waldstein sonata,Schumann´s "In der Nacht", Kreisleriana no.5 and Novelette no.2, a Chopin prelude, and "Islamey" by Balakirev.

At the outbreak of war he was conscripted into the 27th line regiment. On 10 November 1914 he was shot in the lungs near Nieuwpoort, Belgium and died in the Pensionat Sophie Berthelot in Calais on 14 November.