Émile Mathieu
He studied at the Conservatory of Brussels and later became a teacher of piano and harmony at the conservatory of Leuven. In 1867 Mathieu won a second prize in the Prix de Rome contest with his cantata Torquato Tasso’s dood. He won first place in the same contest in 1871 and again in 1873.
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Émile Mathieu
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- Born
- 1844 · Lille.
- Died
- 1932 · Ghent.
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- Belgium
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- composer
- Fields
- opera
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Between 1873 and 1875 he lived in Paris, where he conducted the orchestra of the Théâtre du Châtelet. Afterwards, he returned to Brussels, where he held a position as accompanist at the Theatre Royal of LA Monnaie. He headed the Leuven Conservatory (which today is called SLAC) from 1881, and succeeded Adolphe Samuel as director of the Ghent Conservatory from 1898 to 1924. He was also a member of the Académie Royale de Belgique. His compositions include 7 operas, 3 symphonic poems, concertos for piano and violin, a Te Deum and choral works. Most of his operas used librettos of his own writing. His best known work today is "Freyhir", an hour-long choral tone poem written in 1883 on the theme of deforestation around Ardennes where the composer grew up. Freyhir is the legendary name of the forest.
• Freyhir. Patrick Delcour, Marc Laho, Christine Solhosse, Véronique Solhosse, Chœur symphonique de Namur, Brussels Choral Society, Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège et de la Communauté Wallonie-Bruxelles / Jean-Pierre Haeck. Cypres
Emile Mathieu, 26 November 1907
Muziekbibliotheek Gent
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- 1.Riessauw, Anne-Marie. Mathieu, Emile (Louis Victor). Grove Music Online.
- 2.SLAC Conservatorium.
- 3.The History of Music by Waldo S. Pratt
- 4.Le Conservatoire royal de musique de Gand: Étude sur son histoire ... Charles Bergmans - 1901 Freyhir, c'est le nom légendaire de la forêt d'Andenne. C'est elle que M. Emile Mathieu, poète et musicien, a chantée, comme il avait chanté déjà le Hoyoux, poursuivant ainsi la composition d'une sorte de cycle, consacré tout ..
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