Victor Jean Léonard Vreuls (Verviers, 4 February 1876 – Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, 26 or 27 July 1944) was a classical Belgian composer, violinist and conductor.[1]

Selected works

Stage
  • Olivier le Simple, Opera in 3 acts (1909–1911); premiered 1922 in Brussels
  • Un songe d'une nuit d'été (A Midsummer Night's Dream), Opera in 3 acts after the play by Shakespeare (1923–1924); premiered 1925 in Brussels
  • Le loup-garou (The Werewolf), Légende chorégraphique (ballet) in 1 act (1935); premiered 1937 in Ghent
Orchestral
  • Cortège héroïque (1894)
  • Symphony in E major for violin and orchestra (1899)
  • Poème in E♭ major for cello and orchestra, Op. 3 (1900); version for cello (or viola) and piano (1904)
  • Jour de fête, Symphonic Poem (1904)
  • Werther (1907); after the novel The Sorrows of Young Werther by Goethe
  • Adagio for string orchestra
  • Morceau de Concert for trumpet and orchestra (or piano) (1917)
  • Élégie for flute and chamber orchestra (or piano) (1917)
  • Fantaisie for French horn and orchestra (or piano) (1918)
  • Romance for violin and chamber orchestra (1924)
  • Caprice for violin and chamber orchestra (1924)
  • Deuxième Poème (Poem No. 2) for cello and orchestra (or piano) (1930)
  • Suite de danses (1939)
  • Ouverture pour un drame (1940)
  • Rhapsodie modèrne
  • Evocation for chamber orchestra
Chamber music
  • Piano Quartet (1894)
  • Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 1 (1896)
  • Sonata No. 1 in B major for violin and piano (1899)
  • String Quartet in F major (1903)
  • Sonata No. 2 in G major for violin and piano (1919)
  • Sonata in D minor for cello and piano (1922)
Piano
  • En Ardenne (published 1918)
  • Prélude élégiaque (published 1921)
  • Caprice in E major (published 1921)
Vocal
  • Tryptique for voice and orchestra (published 1903); poem by Paul Verlaine
  • 3 Mélodies for voice and piano (published 1912)
  1. L'automne sur la Fagne (1907); poem by Jean Dominique
  2. Le soir (1910); poem by René Lyr
  3. J'ai reposé mon âme! (My soul found peace!) (1903); poem by Stuart Merrill
  1. Vesprées
  2. Coin perdu
  3. Dans les bois
  4. L'heure du rêve
  • La Guirlande des dunes, 5 Poèmes de Émile Verhaeren for voice and piano (published 1920)
  1. Temps gris
  2. Femme des dunes
  3. Midi
  4. Les Gas de la mer
  5. Bruges au loin
  • Pour toi for voice and piano (published 1921); poem by Tina Louant
  • Chanson for voice and piano (Si tu laissais parler mon rêve il parlerait si bas); poem by Jules Delacre
  • Renouveau for voice and orchestra; poem by René Lyr
  • Cantata for chorus and orchestra

Honours

References

Bibliography

  • Hindley, Geoffrey (1982). "Music in the Modern World: Music in Belgium and the Netherlands". The Larousse Encyclopedia of Music (2nd ed.). New York City: Excalibur. ISBN 0-89673-101-4.


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