D’Hoedt, Henri-Georges
D’Hoedt, Henri-Georges
D’Hoedt, Henri-Georges, Belgian composer; b. Ghent, June 28, 1885; d. Brussels, May 14, 1936. He was a student of Emile Mathieu and Leo Moeremans. He became director of the Louvain Cons, in 1924, serving until his death. He was one of the first Belgian composers to depart from late 19th-century Romanticism and come under the influence of French Impressionism.
Works
Klaas au Pays de Cocagne, opéra (Antwerp, 1926); Les Breves Chroniques de la vie bourgeoise, satirical symphonic study (1934); Narcisse for Orch.; L’lle de Cythere for Chorus and Orch.; La Vocation de Siddartha, symphonic trilogy; Dionysos, symphonic poem; Poeme pantagruelique for Orch.; chamber music.
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