Arthur Meulemans

Arthur Meulemans (19 May 1884 in Aarschot – 29 June 1966 in Etterbeek) was a Flemish composer, conductor, and music teacher.

Biography

Meulemans’ father was an artisan and a music lover who composed dance music. As a child, Arthur Meulemans received his first music lessons from his father and his uncle Jan, who taught him to play the piccolo. He also got violin classes from a certain mister Single, and piano lessons from Ernest Maréchal. Alfons van den Eynde, a student of Peter Benoit, gave the boy introductory classes in harmony, counterpoint, and fugue.

Meulemans studied at the Lemmensinstituut in Mechelen with, among others, Edgar Tinel, Aloys Desmet, and Oscar Depuydt. After completing his final exams, he became a teacher at this institution and remained so until 1914. He got married in 1911 and settled in Tongeren, where he taught music at the Koninklijk Atheneum (a high school). This situation lasted until 1930, the year in which Meulemans was appointed as conductor (together with Fernand Quinet) of the newly founded Vlaams Radio Orkest in Brussels., which nowadays is known as the Brussels Philharmonic. In 1916, he found the Limburge Orgel- en Zangschool in Hasselt. From 1932 until his death, Meulemans lived and worked in Brussels. In 1954 he was also appointed as the president of the Royal Flemish Academy.

Meulemans conducted several music societies run by amateurs, such as the Royal Harmony Vreugd en Deugd, where he worked between 1922 and 1930.

Arthur Meulemans, who is better known than his brother and composer Herman Meulemans, can be seen as a transitional figure between the Romantic Flemish generation, which appeared after Peter Benoit and Edgar Tinel, and the modern, international music that was established in Belgium thanks to August Baeyens. In 1909 Meulemans won the Prix de Rome with his oratorio De legende van de Heilige Hubertus. Shortly before the start of World War I, his Kinderliederen were awarded with the Karel Boury Prize of the Flemish Royal Academy.

Together with Lodewijk Mortelmans, Lodewijk De Vocht, Jef Van Hoof and Gaston Feremans, Arthur Meulemans could be described as part of a Flemish Mighty Handful.

Style

Meulemans composed a big symphonic oeuvre and, with his more than 350 pieces, is one of the most productive and well-known Belgian composers of the first half of the 20th century. He was born during the late romantic period and lived through the impressionism period during his teenage years. His greatest accomplishments are expressionistic. His style evolved from a romantic style to a more modern way of working, but throughout his work a strong lyricism remained a constant element.

Meulemans orchestration was tight, but colourful. His music shows a certain harmonic severity, but he does not leave tonality. A major part of his compositions are of a descriptive-programmatic sort, often related to his homeland Flanders.

Meulemans wrote over 15 symphonies, three operas, solo concerti for many different instruments, five string quartets, songs, oratorios and choir works. At the start of his career, he was mainly known for his vocal works, but after 1930 he started to focus on orchestral music.

Compositions

Symphonies

1931 Symfonie in B
1933 Symphony No. 2 in C
1. Largamente - Allegro
2. Adagio
3. Scherzo: Allegro vivace
4. Allegro brillante
1933 Symphony No. 3 "Dennensymfonie"
1. Andate sostenuto - Allegro ma non troppo
2. Andante
3. Scherzo: Allegro vivo
4. Finale: Maestoso
1939 Symphony No. 5 "Danssymfonie", for female voice and orchestra
1939 Symphony No. 6 "Zeesymfonie", for grand orchestra, alto and mixed choir - text: Ferdinand Vercnocke
1940 Symphony No. 7 "Zwaneven"
1. Con moto (Ritme van horizonten, Ochtend)
2. Allegro vivo assai (Scherzo) (De heide bloeit)
3. Sostenuto (Bosschage - onder de dennen)
4. Allegro con brio (Final) (Zon over de heide)
1942 Symphony No. 8 "Herffstsymfonie"
1943 Symphony No. 9 in F "Droomvuur"
1943 Symphony No. 10 "Psalmensymfonie", for spoken voices, solo voices, mixed choir and orchestra
1945 Symphony No. 11
1948 Symphony No. 12
1951 Symphony No. 13 "Rembrandtsymfonie", for organ and orchestra
1954 Symphony No. 14
1960 Symphony No. 15

Concertante works

1910 De rozen doornen, for cello and orchestra
1920 Concerto nr. 1, for cello and orchestra
1927 Woudzang en Zigeunerin for violin and orchestra
1929 Concert impromptu, for piano and orchestra
1929 Lente elegie, for cello and orchestra
1929 Herfst elegie, for cello and orchestra
1929 Idylle van een Citadin, for oboe and orchestra
1932 Rhapsodie, for clarinet and orchestra
1939 Concerto No. 1, for horn and orchestra
1939 Lyrische suite, for harp and orchestra
1941 Concertino, for piano and orchestra
1941 Rhapsodie, for trombone and orchestra
1941 Concerto No. 1, for piano and orchestra
1942 Concerto No. 1, for oboe and orchestra
1942 Concerto No. 1, for violin and orchestra
1942 Concerto, for viola and orchestra
1943 Concerto, for fluit and orchestra
1943 Concerto, for trumpet and orchestra
1944 Concerto No. 2, for cello and orchestra
1945 Concerto No. 2, for violin and orchestra
1948 Sonata concertante, for clarinet and orchestra
1953 Concertino, for trombone and orchestra
1953 Concerto, for harp and orchestra
1954 Concerto, for timpani and orchestra
1956 Concerto No. 2, for piano and orchestra
1959 Concerto, for two pianos and orchestra
1961 Concerto Grosso, for saxophone quartet and orchestra
1961 Concerto No. 2, for horn and orchestra
1962 Concertino, for saxophone quartet and orchestra
1962 Concerto Grosso No. 2, for sextet and orchestra
1964 Suite, for clarinet quartet and orchestra

Ouvertures

1916 De Kerels van Vlaanderen - Ouverture
1932 Ouverture en suite
1935 Adriaen Brouwer: Ouverture van het zangspel
1940 Overtura allegra
1955 Ouverture voor Tartarin de Tarascon

Other orchestral works

1910 Mei nacht - Nuit de mai
1911 Exotische Dans
1913 Plinius’ fontein
1. Moderato: Summer Morning at Pliny's Fountain
2. Poco con moto: At Twilight
3. Allegro: Night Festival
1913 Wals
1915 Herderszang, for flute and orchestra
1916 Praeludien, for chamber orchestra
1921 De boodschap, for narrator and orchestra, Op. 31 - text: Wies Moens
1922 Heideschetsen, for small orchestra
1924 Kerstidylle, for oboe and orchestra
1926 Karnaval - suite, for piano and orchestra
1927 Maskaroen
1928 Stadspark, scherzo with praeludium for orchestra
1929 Rapsodie
1929 Serenata
1929 Twee Idyllen, for oboe and orchestra
1930 Twee dansen
1930 Kermis Fantasie op twee volksrythmen naar een schilderij van David Teniers
1930 Kleine Suite in C, for small orchestra
1943 Dansensuite nr. 1, for chamber orchestra
1943 Dansensuite nr. 2, for small orchestra
1947 De vogels
1948 Op de dennenheuvelen
1951 Symfonietta, for small orchestra
1951 Symphonische triptiek
1951 Tableaux
1951 Meteorologisch instituut
1952 Peter Breugel
1952 Concerto No. 1, for orchestra
1953 Hertog Jan van Brabant
1954 Symfonisch rondo
1954 Evasies
1955 Academische triptiek
1955 Social security
1956 Ionisatie
1956 Concerto No. 2, for orchestra
1957 Symphonische dansen
1959 Sinfonietta No. 2, for orchestra
1960 Sinfonietta No. 3
1961 Cirkus
1961 Middelheim
1961 Divertimento
Le jeu des saisons; for narrator and orchestra - text: Gerda de Gonzalès
Reidansen
Symfonische liederen, for voice and orchestra
Tourments, for narrator and orchestra

Works for brass band

1909 Strijd, for brass band (alternatively for choir and brass band) - text: Jan Hammenecker
1917 Jeugd-album - 1e deel, for brass band
1919 Vlaanderen roept, for choir and brass band - text: René Declercq
1935 Barabbas, for mixed choir and brass band - text: Michel de Ghelderode
1935 Symfonie nr.4, for winds and percussion
1936 Credo, for mixed choir, children's choir and brass band - text: Joseph Boon
1937 Gent, for choir and brass band - text: René Declercq
1937 Noordzeetriptiek, for male choir and brass band - text: Ferdinand Vercnocke
1937 Rouwfanfare, for brass band
1938 Inaugurele fanfare, for brass band
1938 Klokke Roeland, for brass band
1938 Brugge, for choir and brass band
1938 Fanfare, for brass band
1938 Yzerpsalm, for choir and brass band - text: Ferdinand Vercnocke
1939 Lentefanfares - Zomerfanfares, for brass band
1939 Oproepen voor fanfares, for brass band
1939 V.N.Z. fanfare-motief, for brass band
1939 Vier oproepen, for brass band
1942 Suite, for brass band
1942 Vijf oproepen voor fanfare, for brass band
1942 Wij trekken naar de verte, for choir and brass band - text: Leo Poppe
1944 Lieve Vrouwe van ons land, for choir and brass band - text: L. Monden S.J.
1945 Zegen het land, for brass band
1946 Burchtlied, for brass band
1947 De man, for choir and brass band
1947 Op Kameraden, for choir and brass band - text: Leo Poppe
1948 Fanfare 1948, for brass band
1948 Vier wevertjes, for choir and brass band
1949 Eere den arbeid, for choir and brass band - text: Ferdinand Vercnocke
1950 Het lied van de boeren, for choir and brass band - text: K. Cruysberghs
1951 Schoonste aller landen, for choir and brass band - text: K. Heireman
1958 Fanfare, for brass band
1962 Concerto for organ and brass band
Beiaardlied, for choir and brass band
Belgisch volkslied, for brass band
De Vlaamsche leeuw, for choir and brass band
Het lied der Vlamingen, for choir and brass band
Het lied van de baren, for brass band
Jeugd-litanie, for brass band
Kent gij dat volk, for choir and brass band
Klaroent vuur!, for choir and brass band - text: P. J. Boon
Kunst is de kracht, for choir and brass band
Liederen, for choir and brass band
Mijn Vlaandren heb ik hartlijk lief, for choir and brass band with Theban trumpets
O kruise den Vlaming, for choir and brass band
Strijdkreet, for choir and brass band
Van Rijswijck-Marsch, for choir and brass band
Vlaanderen, for choir and brass band - text: Willem Gijssels
Wilhelmus, for choir and brass band
Willem van Saeftingen, for choir and brass band - text: Willem Gijssels

Masses, cantatas and religious music

1905 Cantate Jubilaire, cantata
1909 De legende van de Heilige Hubertus, oratorio for soli, mixed choir and orchestra - text: Victor De Meyere
1911 Responsoria, for mixed choir and organ
1913 Responsoria Varia, for soli (soprano-alto), mixed choir and organ
1913 Responsoria, for soli, mixed choir and organ
1914 Missa da pacem, for 2 Tenors, Bariton, male choir and organ
1914 Te Deum, for mixed choir and organ
1916 Missa in honorem Beatae Mariae Virginis, for 2 voices and string orchestra, Op. 25
1916 Missa in honorem Sancti Joseph, for 2 voices (children - men) and organ, Op. 34
1917 Sacrum Mysterium, for soli, children's choir, mixed choir and orchestra
1917 Oremus pro Antistite, for mixed choir, children's voices (boy and girls) and organ
1924 Blommensuite, for male choir - text: Alice Nahon
1926 Lof-litanie van den Heilige Franciscus van Assisië, for recitant, Bariton and orchestra - text: Marnix Gijsen
1930 Missa in honorem Sancti Servatii, for 5 unequal voices and organ
1932 Missielied voor de jeugd, for choir and orchestra - text: Jef Bloemen
1935 Missa in honorem Sanctae Teresiae, for 3 (male) voices and orchestra
1935 Panis angelicus, for spoken choir, female voices and orchestra - text: Joseph Boon
1936 Heilige Cecilia, for mezzo-soprano solo, female choir, violin, cello, piano, harp, timpani, harmonium - text: Joseph Boon
1937 Avondwierook - Encens du soir, for spoken choir, female voices and orchestra - text: Joseph Boon
1942 Missa Exaudi nos, for mixed choir and organ
1943 Adeste Fideles, voor soprani, for mixed choir and organ
1943 Psalmus 147: Lauda Jerusalem, for mixed choir and organ
1943 De litanie van Onze Lieve Vrouw, for mixed choir and grand organ
1943 Het onze Vader, for alto solo and piano
1944 Quatuor Motetta ad Laudes Vespertinas, for two voices and organ
1945 Missa Alba, for two equal voices and orchestra
1945 Missa aurea, for mixed choir and orchestra
1946 Ave Maria, for two equal voices and organ
1946 O Jesus soete aendachtigheid, for mixed choir
1948 Die soete naem Jesus, for mixed choir - text: H. van Duy
1949 Maria's zonnelied, for choir, recitant and orchestra - text: Frans Eykans
1949 Missa Ignis vibrans lumine, for 3 male voices and orchestra
1953 Het avondmaal, for mixed choir - text: Pieter G. Buckinx
1956 Missa "Mysterium Fidei", for 4 mixed voices and organ
1956 Ubi caritas, for 4 unequal voices and organ
Ave Regina Caelorum, for male choir
Clachte van Maria benevens het Kruis, for mixed choir - text: Justus de Harduyn (1582–1636)
Stella Maris, for mezzo-soprano, 3 voices and organ
Virgo singularis, for one voice (buzzing choir of voces angelicae ad libitum) and organ

Opera

Voltooid in	titel	aktes	première	libretto
1926/1947	Adriaen Brouwer,	3 acts	1947, Antwerp	Frans W. C. de Witt-Huberts
1937	Vikings	3 acts	1937, Antwerp	Emiel Bruskens
1944	Egmont	3 acts	1960, Antwerp	Jos van Rooy

Choral works

1908 Land, for choir and orchestra
1913 Heil 't vaderland, for children's choir and orchestra - text: Willem Gijssels
1915 Kerstliedeke, for mixed choir and piano - text: Jef Leynen
1917 Een lof in volkstrant, for choir and organ
1918 Aan zee - La mer, for children's choir and orchestra - text: Willem Gijssels
1919 'n Suite Oudvlaamse liederen, for mixed choir
1919 Vlaanderen roept
1919 Sacrale dans, for mixed choir and orchestra - text: E. Buskens
1921 De tocht, for mixed choir and orchestra - text: Wies Moens
1923 De eenzame weg, for mixed choir, recitant and orchestra - text: Jules Schurmann
1925 Koor van de violiers uit het zangspel "Adriaen Brouwer", 1e Akt, for male choir and piano - text: Frans W. C. de Witt Huberts
1926 O Vlaamsche held, for choir and orchestra - text: Guido Gezelle
1929 Een levenslied, for mixed choir and piano
1935 Barabbas
1936 Credo
1937 Gent
1937 Kameraad, for male choir and 4 horns (ad. lib.) - text: Ferdinand Vercnocke
1937 Noordzeetriptiek
1937 Rijpende oogst for mixed choir and orchestra - text: E. H. L. Engelen
1938 Brugge
1938 Yzerpsalm
1942 Wij trekken naar de verte
1944 Lieve Vrouwe van ons land
1945 O Nederland let op U saeck, for mixed choir
1947 Op Kameraden
1947 Jachtkoor uit de Triptiek "de Goddelijke Jager", for male choir and piano - text: Frans Eykans
1947 Nooi van die Velde, South-African folksong for mixed choir
1948 Vier wevertjes
1949 Het spel van Deinze, for choir, recitant and orchestra - text: Arthur Verstraeten
1949 Het vendel, for mixed choir - text: Waar G. Forster (1514–1568)
1949 Eere den arbeid
1949 De Witte, for mixed choir and orchestra
1950 De zang van de aarde, for mixed choir and piano - text: K. Cruysberghs
1950 Dorserslied, for male choir and piano - text: K. Cruysberghs
1950 Het lied van de boeren
1950 Jan de Mulder, for mixed choir
1950 'k zie Brugge 't liefst, for mixed choir - text: J.M. Devos
1951 Een meisje dat van Scheveningen kwam, for mixed choir
1951 Schoonste aller landen
1952 De kinkhoorn der seizoenen, for recitant, mixed choir and orchestra - text: Pieter G. Buckinx
1953 11 Kinderliedjes, for unisono children’s choir
1953 Gebed, for male choir - text: Pieter G. Buckinx
1953 Het onvergankelijk zaad, for male choir - text: Pieter G. Buckinx
1953 Het regent in de nacht, for mixed choir - text: Pieter G. Buckinx
1962 Pigeon vole, for choir and piano - text: Maurice Carême
1966 La légende du chien vert, for male choir and orchestra- text: Gerda de Gonzalès
Beiaardlied
De Vlaamsche leeuw
Florens ut rosa, for choir and organ
Het lied der Vlamingen
Kent gij dat volk
Klaroent vuur!
Kunst is de kracht
Liederen
Mijn Vlaandren heb ik hartlijk lief
O kruise den Vlaming
Strijdkreet
Van Rijswijck-Marsch
Vlaanderen
Wilhelmus
Willem van Saeftingen

Vocal music with orchestra or instruments

1904 Nieuwe lente, for high voice and orchestra
1905 Jonge liefde, for soprano and orchestra - text: Jan Eelen
1905 Gezelle-Liederen, song cycle
1907 Lenteavond, for high voice and orchestra - text: Willem Kloos
1907 Koornbloemen vlecht ik u ten krans, for tenor and piano - text: E. Geibel
1910 De rozen droomen, for mezzosoprano, cello and string orchestra - text: Karel Van De Woestijne
1912 De Nethe, for soli, vocal quartet solo, children’s choir and orchestra - text: Lodewijk Mercelis
1913 Kinderliederen, for voice and piano, op. 21 - text: Willem Gijssels
1921 De zeven weeën, for soli, children’s voices, mixed choir and orchestra - text: Hilarion Thans
1923 De Hovenier, text: Rabindranath Tagore
1924 Passie-bloemen, for recitant, solimixed choir and orchestra - text: Hilarion Thans
1925 De tocht naar de liefde, for soli, choir and orchestra - text: Joseph Boon
1926 Huldezang aan Hendrik van Veldeke, for solo, recitant, choir and orchestra - text: Pieter G. Buckinx - Ode du prologue: Jan Melis
1927 Josef in Dothan, for soprano, alto and orchestra - text: Joost Van De Vondel
1934 Paaschbrief aan mijn zoon, for bariton and orchestra - text: Otto Zupancic
1939 Nachtliedjes, for soprano and orchestra - text: P. Van Langendonck en Jef Leynen
1941 De hoge mouw - Nazomer pastorale, for vocal quartet and orchestra
1942 Droomvuur, for mezzosoprano and orchestra - text: Pieter G. Buckinx
1942 Starkadd, for solo voices (tenor and bariton) and orchestra - text: A. Hegenscheidt
1944 Egmont, for soli and orchestra - text: Jos Van Rooy
1944 Egmont: Ouverture tot de slot-scène, for soli and orchestra - text: Jos Van Rooy
1945 Die enghelsche groete, for tenor or bariton solo and mixed choir
1945-1946 Goede lieve Sint Niklaas, children’s song for voice and piano
1946 Drie liederen op gedichten van Koos Schuur, for high voice and piano
1946-1947 Marialiedje, for voice and piano - text: van Albe
1947 De goddelijke jager, for Recitant, choir and orchestra - text: Frans Eykans
1951 Ik wil in den geest naar Bethleem gaan, for voice and piano
1956 L'eau passe, for high voice and orchestra - text: Maurice Carême
Drinkliedeken, for high voice and orchestra - text: Willem Gijssels
Herfstliederen, text: Scheltema
Liederen "Uit vroegere tijden", for voice and orchestra
Liederen, for voice and orchestra

Chamber music

1907 String Quartet No. 1 "Uit mijn Leven"
1916 Piano Quintet
1932 String Quartet No. 2
1933 String Quartet No. 3
1942 Suite for four trombones (or four cellos) in C
1953 String Quartet No. 5
1934 Aubade, for wind quintet
1950 Concerto No. 3, for violin and piano
String Quartet No. 4

Works for organ

1915 Sonata, for grand organ
1943 Concerto, for organ and orchestra
1949 Symphony No. 1, for grand organ
1949 Variations, for grand organ
1949 Symphony No. 2, for grand organ
1958 Concerto No. 2, for organ and orchestra
1959 Pièce héroïque
1959 Sei pezzi (6 Pieces)
1962 Concerto, for grand organ, trumpet, horn and trombone
Praeludium

Works for carillon

1949 Beiaardwerken
1950 Capriccio
1950 Serenata
1950 Suite voor beiaard
1. Praeludium
2. Lied
3. Toccata
1950 Varieties op een Marialiedje van eigen compositie
1951 Drie dansen
1. Allegretto
2. Valzando
3. Allegro ben ritmato
1955 De Kathedraal, diptych for carillon
1. Maannacht
2. Zondagmorgen in de zomer
1960 Alborada
1964 Toccata
1965 Concertino "In memoriam Staf Nees"

Publications

Arthur Meulemans: (Hulde Album) Arthur Meulemans. Antwerp. Arthur-Meulemans Fonds. 1964. 171 p.

Sources

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External links

Biography
Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel now houses most works and manuscripts of Meulemans, after the bankruptcy of CeBeDeM in 2015.
Arthur Meulemans in ODIS - Online Database for Intermediary Structures

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