Lodewijk Mortelmans
Lodewijk Mortelmans (born February 5, 1868 in Antwerp ; † June 24, 1952 there ) was a Belgian musician and composer .
biography
Lodewijk Mortelmans was the son of the Antwerp printer Karel Mortelmans and his wife Isabella. He had a total of five siblings, including his eldest brother, the painter Frans Mortelmans . Lodewijk studied music until the age of 19 and then took private lessons in composition and orchestration from Peter Benoit .
Mortelmans was a member of the artist groups De Scalden , Study and De Kapel . At the age of 25 he took 1st place at the Prix de Rome in 1893 . He composed many of his songs based on poems by Guido Gezelle . After he successfully performed his symphonic work in Antwerp in 1899, he was seen there as the city's leading musician and, alongside Paul Gilson, was considered the most outstanding composer of his generation who profoundly renewed the Flemish musical life.
From 1901 to 1924 he taught as a professor of counterpoint and fugue at the Royal Flemish Conservatory in Antwerp, which he then directed until his retirement in 1933. He also taught at the interdiocesan church music school in Mechelen , from which the Lemmens Institute in Leuven, named after Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens , emerged . In 1903 he founded the Society of New Concerts ("Maatschappij der Nieuwe Concerten") in Antwerp, where he acted as a conductor. The offer of Pablo Casals to work as conductor of the Boston Symphonic Orchestra , he had to refuse due to the death of his first wife and two sons in the war year 1917, as he was solely responsible for the remaining five children. He was later married to the pianist and music teacher Gabriëlle Radoux .
Mortelmans co-founded the Belgian Association of Authors, Composers and Publishers (SABAM) and the Eugène Ysaÿe Competition , today's Queen Elizabeth Belgium International Music Competition . He was accepted as a member of the Royal Flemish Academy of Sciences, Poetry and Fine Arts of Belgium and received high Belgian and Dutch awards. His works include the opera De Kinderen der Zee .
Web links
- Works by and about Lodewijk Mortelmans in the catalog of the German National Library
- Website of the Lodewijk & Frans Mortelmans Foundation
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mortelmans, Lodewijk |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian musician and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 5, 1868 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Antwerp |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 24, 1952 |
| Place of death | Antwerp |