Flor van Duyse
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Florimond van Duyse was a Belgian
lawyer, composer and musicologist.
He was born in Ghent
and went to school at Veurne
, and to high school at the Atheneum in Ghent. Then he studied Law at the Gentse Rijksuniversiteit, graduating as Doctor of Law in 1867. At the same time he studied Music, with Karel Miry
at the Ghent Conservatory, winning First Prize in Harmony (1859) and Counterpoint (1862).
In 1869 he became a counsel at the Court of Appeals in Ghent, and from 1876 on he was a Prosecutor at the Military Court for Antwerp, Mons
and Ghent. Here he fought for the use of the Dutch language in court proceedings, and finally made the first plea in Dutch at the Military Court in 1888.
He collected Dutch, Flemish and Walloon folk songs and published several volumes of them:
van Duyse died at Ghent
in 1910.
Belgium
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lawyer, composer and musicologist.
He was born in Ghent
Ghent
Ghent is a city and a municipality located in the Flemish region of Belgium. It is the capital and biggest city of the East Flanders province. The city started as a settlement at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Lys and in the Middle Ages became one of the largest and richest cities of...
and went to school at Veurne
Veurne
Veurne is a city and municipality in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the town of Veurne proper and the settlements of Avekapelle, Booitshoeke, Bulskamp, De Moeren, Eggewaartskapelle, Houtem, Steenkerke, Vinkem, Wulveringem, and Zoutenaaie.-Origins in the 15th...
, and to high school at the Atheneum in Ghent. Then he studied Law at the Gentse Rijksuniversiteit, graduating as Doctor of Law in 1867. At the same time he studied Music, with Karel Miry
Karel Miry
Karel Miry was a Belgian composer.He was one of the first Belgian composers to write operas to librettos in Dutch. He composed the music for De Vlaamse Leeuw the national anthem of Flanders, and for which Hippoliet van Peene wrote the lyrics...
at the Ghent Conservatory, winning First Prize in Harmony (1859) and Counterpoint (1862).
In 1869 he became a counsel at the Court of Appeals in Ghent, and from 1876 on he was a Prosecutor at the Military Court for Antwerp, Mons
Mons
Mons is a Walloon city and municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut, of which it is the capital. The Mons municipality includes the old communes of Cuesmes, Flénu, Ghlin, Hyon, Nimy, Obourg, Baudour , Jemappes, Ciply, Harmignies, Harveng, Havré, Maisières, Mesvin, Nouvelles,...
and Ghent. Here he fought for the use of the Dutch language in court proceedings, and finally made the first plea in Dutch at the Military Court in 1888.
He collected Dutch, Flemish and Walloon folk songs and published several volumes of them:
- Het eenstemmig Fransch en Nederlandsch wereldlijk lied in de Belgische gewesten (1896)
- De melodie van het Nederlandsche lied en hare rytmische vormen (1902)
- Het oude Nederlandsche lied (1903–1908)
- Het Nederlandsch liederboek (for the Willemsfonds)
- Dit is een suverlick boecksken (for the Davidsfonds)
van Duyse died at Ghent
Ghent
Ghent is a city and a municipality located in the Flemish region of Belgium. It is the capital and biggest city of the East Flanders province. The city started as a settlement at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Lys and in the Middle Ages became one of the largest and richest cities of...
in 1910.
Works
- Teniers te Grimbergen (opera, libretto by Prudens van Duyse, his father, premiered at Ghent in 1860)
- Rosalinde (opera, libretto by Karel Versnaeyen, premiered at Antwerp in 1864)
External links
- Biography in Dutch at www.vi-host.net
- Free scores at the Mutopia ProjectMutopia projectThe Mutopia Project is a volunteer-run effort to create a library of free content sheet music, in a way similar to Project Gutenberg's library of public domain books.The music is reproduced from old scores that are out of copyright...
- Free scores at the Werner Icking Music ArchiveWerner Icking Music ArchiveThe Werner Icking Music Archive , is a web archive of liberally-licensed sheet music of public domain music. The scores are electronically typeset by volunteers and distributed in PDF, often accompanied by their typesetting files. WIMA continues the defunct GMD Music Archive and is named after...