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Karel Goeyvaerts
Karel August Goeyvaerts (8 June 1923 – 3 February 1993) was a Belgian composer.
Life.
Goeyvaerts was born in Antwerp, where he studied at the Royal Flemish Music Conservatory; he later studied composition in Paris with Darius Milhaud and analysis with Olivier Messiaen. He also studied ondes Martenot with Maurice Martenot, who invented the instrument .
In 1951, Goeyvaerts attended the famous Darmstadt New Music Summer School where he met Karlheinz Stockhausen, who was five years younger. Both were devout Catholics and found
1964)
- Piano Quartet (1972)
- "You'll Never Be Alone Anymore" (1975)
- "Litanie V", for harpsichord and tape (1982)
References.
Belgian Documentation Centre for Contemporary Music (CEBEDEM): Karel Goeyvaerts
External links.
- Biography and list of works at Matrix-New-Music
- Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel now houses most works and manuscripts of Goeyvaerts, after the bankruptcy of CeBeDeM in 2015.