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D'Hoedt, Henry George

° Gent, 28/06/1885 — † Brussel, 14/05/1936

Jan Dewilde (translation: Marjan Schrooten)

Henry George D'Hoedt studied at the Conservatory of his birthplace, Ghent. There he was taught by teachers such as Oscar Roels (solfège), Paul Lebrun (harmony), Edward Blaes (bassoon), Emile Mathieu (fugue) and Leo Moermans. After his schooling in Ghent, he followed courses of completion and lessons in orchestral accompaniment. After having played the bassoon at the orchestra of the Royal Flemish Opera in Antwerp for a while, he was appointed at the Royal school/Academy of music in Ghent in 1916, first as an assistant for solfège, then also as a harmony teacher.

In 1920 D'Hoedt gained a Second Prize of Rome with the cantata La légende de Béatrice. Four years later he was appointed sixth director at the municipal Conservatory in Louvain. In this position, which he was to hold until his death, he attached great importance to the concerts of conservatory. At these concerts, he regularly programmed works of his predecessors, such as Emile Mathieu. In Louvain he also conducted the male choir 'Zang en Vermaak' to which he dedicated his Trilogie antique.

His most famous works are the opera Klaas in luilekkerland (Klaas in Paradise, première in 1926 at the Royal Flemish Opera in Antwerp) and the five-piece tone poem Chronique Brèves de la vie bourgeoise (1934). Furthermore he wrote the tone poems Narcisse and Poème pantagruélique, chamber music, songs and choral works.

In Flemish music, D'Hoedt is considered as a transitional figure between late romanticism and impressionism.

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Bibliografie

Anderen over deze componist

  • Huybens, G.: Negen componisten rond '150 jaar conservatorium Leuven', Leuven, 1985, p. 35-37.

Artikels

Höflich-uitgave: Noël des enfants qui n’ont plus de maisons (1915)

Jan Dewilde

Nederlandse inleiding bij Höflich-cataloognummer 2575

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