Edgar Tinel

Edgar (Pierre Joseph) Tinel (born March 27, 1854 in Sinaai, today a district of Sint-Niklaas in Flanders, † October 28, 1912 in Brussels ) was a Belgian composer , pianist and church musician.

Life

After studying in Brussels with Louis Brassin (piano) and François-Auguste Gevaert (composition), he began a career as a piano virtuoso. On September 1, 1877, he married the poet Emma Coeckelbergh (1852–1921). In 1887 he composed the cantata "Klokke Roeland", with which he won the Belgian Prix de Rome in music. In 1881 he followed Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens as director of the "Mechelen Institute for Church Music", today's Lemmensinstitut . In this capacity he was invited to Rome by Pope Pius X to exchange views on the future role of music in the liturgy.

In 1889 Tinel became inspector for music schools throughout the Kingdom of Belgium. In 1896 Gevaert appointed him to the Brussels Conservatory as professor of counterpoint and fugue theory , and in 1909 he became director of the university. In 1902 the Royal Academy of Arts accepted him into its ranks, and in 1910 he received the honorary title of court conductor. His students include Michel Brusselmans , Arthur Meulemans and Joseph Ryelandt .

His church music is in the style of Palestrina . His two concerts - Te Deen , his oratorio and his religious dramas show his admiration for Johann Sebastian Bach . His piano compositions, on the other hand, tend to make Robert Schumann , Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and Johannes Brahms sound again. The main publishers of his works were Breitkopf & Härtel and the Schott publishing house in Brussels.

Works (selection)

Operas

Godelieve, op.43
Katharina, op. 44; First performance on March 4, 1909 in Brussels

Choirs and cantatas

Klokke Roeland, op. 1 7, cantata
Kollebloemen, op.20, cantata, 1879, rev. 1889-90
Vlaamsche stemme, op.25, for male choir
Te Deum, op.26, 1883
Psalm vi, op.27, 1891 for male choir
Franciscus, op.36, oratorio, 1890, libretto by Lodewijk de Koninck
Aurora, op.37, (1885) for male choir
Psalm xxix, op. 39, for male choir
Missa in honorem BMV de Lourdes, op. 41, five-part 1905
Cantique nuptial, op. 45, for soprano, tenor, organ and harp
Te Deum, op.46, for six-part choir, organ and orchestra 1905
Psalm 150, op.47, for male choir, 1907, (new edition Berlin 2013)

Singing voice

Deux mélodies pour chant avec accompagnement de piano, based on poems by Emma Coeckelbergh, op.6

Piano music

Piano Sonata, f, op.9
Organ Sonata, g, op.29
Colorful leaves, op.32,

Orchestral music

Kollebloemen (poem set to music)
Three ridders (ballad)
Polyeucte

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personal data
SURNAME	Tinel, Edgar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Tinel, Edgar Pierre Joseph (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Belgian composer and pianist
DATE OF BIRTH	March 27, 1854
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sint-Niklaas
DATE OF DEATH	October 28, 1912
Place of death	Brussels