Lodewijk Mortelmans
Belgian composer
Died when: 84 years 140 days (1012 months)Star Sign: Aquarius
Lodewijk Mortelmans (5 February 1868, Antwerp – 24 June 1952, Antwerp) was a Belgian composer and conductor of Flemish ancestry.Sometimes called de Vlaamse Brahms ("the Flemish Brahms"), Mortelmans composed in a number of forms, including piano music and orchestral works, but he was most celebrated in his day for his art songs.
Beginning in 1899, he often set the poetry of the priest Guido Gezelle.His opera De Kinderen der Zee (The Children of the Sea) was first produced in 1920 at the Vlaamse Opera.
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