Lodewijk Mortelmans [SEP] date of death
Lodewijk Mortelmans
Lodewijk Mortelmans (5 February 1868, Antwerp – 24 June 1952, Antwerp) was a Belgian composer and conductor of Flemish ancestry. Sometimes called "de Vlaamse Brahms" ("the Flemish Brahms"), Mortelmans composed in a number of forms, including piano music and orchestral works, but he was most celebrated in his day for his art songs. Beginning in 1899, he often set the poetry of the priest Guido Gezelle. His opera "De Kinderen van Zee" ("The Children of the
mixed chorus and orchestra (1895)
- "Twee Coninckskinderen" for male chorus a cappella (1921)
- "Wierook" for mixed chorus and piano (1900)
Sources.
- Broeckx, Jan L., "Lodewijk Mortelmans, een Van-Nu-en-Strakser der Muziek". Uitg. Standaard-Boekhandel, Antwerpen, 1945.
External links.
- Lodewijk Mortelmans (in Dutch)
- Lodewijk Mortelmans at SVM
- Muziekcentrum Vlaanderen, Dutch-language page on Mortelmans