Henry Georges D'Hoedt

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Henry Georges D'Hoedt (born June 28, 1885 in Ghent , † May 14, 1936 in Brussels ) was a Belgian composer and music teacher .

life and work

D'Hoedt studied at the Ghent Conservatory with Oscar Roels ( solfège ), Paul Lebrun ( harmony ), Edward Blaes ( bassoon ), Emile Mathieu ( fugue theory ) and Leo Moermans . After a phase as bassoonist at the Royal Flemish Opera in Antwerp , he became a member of the teaching staff at the Ghent Music Academy in 1916, initially as an assistant, later as a teacher of harmony.

In 1920 he won a Second Rome Prize with his cantata La légende de Béatrice . In 1924 he became director of the conservatory in Leuven and held this position until the end of his life. He also directed the male choir “Zang en Vermaak” in Löwen.

His most important compositions include the opera Klaas in Luilekkerland (premiered in Antwerp in 1926) and the five-movement orchestral work Chronique Brèves de la vie bourgeoise (1934). He also composed the tone poems Narcisse and Poème pantagruélique , chamber music, songs and choral works. Stylistically, D'Hoedt stands at the transition between late romanticism and impressionism .

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