Boeck, August de

Boeck, August de

Mélodies sur des poèmes francais for voice and piano (score/first print)

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Preface

August de Bock – Songs to French poems

(Merchtem, 9th May 1865 – 9th October 1937)

August De Boeck was one of Belgium’s leading composers in the first half of the last century. He became well-known with, among other works, five operas, including Winternachtsdroom (1902), Reinaert de Vos (1907-09) and La Route d’Émeraude (1913-1920). Furthermore he composed a number of brilliant symphonic works, cantatas, religious music, songs and a series of works for various instruments.

In De Boeck’s oeuvre his songs to French poems occupy a prominent place. They were written over a period of almost half a century, between 1889 and 1937. In these songs De Boeck succeeds in evoking deep emotions with an infallible melodic intuition and very personal harmonies. With simple means he sometimes achieves sublime results; an example of this is his song L’Église paysanne, which mostly became famous in a Dutch version by Maurits Sabbe. For a number of songs, such as the Cuisinier-songs, the Stances à Marylyse, La dernière lettre or the compelling C’est en toi, bien-aimé, he wrote beautifully detailed piano accompaniments. …

 

Read full English, German and Flemish preface > HERE

Score Data

Special Edition

The Flemish Music Collection

Genre

Choir/Voice & Instrument(s)

Size

225 x 320 mm

Specifics

Performance Score

Printing

First print

Pages

192

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