Victor Vreuls Explained

Victor Jean Léonard Vreuls (Verviers, 4 February 1876 – Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, 26 or 27 July 1944) was a classical Belgian composer, violinist and conductor.

Selected works

Stage

• Olivier le Simple, Opera in 3 acts (1909–1911); premiered 1922 in Brussels
• Un songe d'une nuit d'été (A Midsummer Night's Dream), Opera in 3 acts after the play by Shakespeare (1923–1924); premiered 1925 in Brussels
• Le loup-garou (The Werewolf), Légende chorégraphique (ballet) in 1 act (1935); premiered 1937 in Ghent

Orchestral

• Cortège héroïque (1894)
• Symphony in E major for violin and orchestra (1899)
• Poème in E major for cello and orchestra, Op. 3 (1900); version for cello (or viola) and piano (1904)
• Jour de fête, Symphonic Poem (1904)
• Werther (1907); after the novel The Sorrows of Young Werther by Goethe
• Adagio for string orchestra
• Morceau de Concert for trumpet and orchestra (or piano) (1917)
• Élégie for flute and chamber orchestra (or piano) (1917)
• Fantaisie for French horn and orchestra (or piano) (1918)
• Romance for violin and chamber orchestra (1924)
• Caprice for violin and chamber orchestra (1924)
• Deuxième Poème (Poem No. 2) for cello and orchestra (or piano) (1930)
• Suite de danses (1939)
• Ouverture pour un drame (1940)
• Rhapsodie modèrne
• Evocation for chamber orchestra

Chamber music

• Piano Quartet (1894)
• Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 1 (1896)
• Sonata No. 1 in B major for violin and piano (1899)
• String Quartet in F major (1903)
• Sonata No. 2 in G major for violin and piano (1919)
• Sonata in D minor for cello and piano (1922)

Piano

• En Ardenne (published 1918)
• Prélude élégiaque (published 1921)
• Caprice in E major (published 1921)

Vocal

• Tryptique for voice and orchestra (published 1903); poem by Paul Verlaine
• 3 Mélodies for voice and piano (published 1912)

1. L'automne sur la Fagne (1907); poem by Jean Dominique

1. Le soir (1910); poem by René Lyr

1. J'ai reposé mon âme! (My soul found peace!) (1903); poem by Stuart Merrill

• La gerbe ardennaise for voice and piano (published 1920); words by Adolphe-Marie Hardy

1. Vesprées

1. Coin perdu

1. Dans les bois

1. L'heure du rêve

• La Guirlande des dunes, 5 Poèmes de Émile Verhaeren for voice and piano (published 1920)

1. Temps gris

1. Femme des dunes

1. Midi

1. Les Gas de la mer

1. Bruges au loin

• Pour toi for voice and piano (published 1921); poem by Tina Louant
• Chanson for voice and piano (Si tu laissais parler mon rêve il parlerait si bas); poem by Jules Delacre
• Renouveau for voice and orchestra; poem by René Lyr
• Cantata for chorus and orchestra

Honours

• 1932 : Commander in the Order of Leopold.

Bibliography

• Book: Hindley . Geoffrey . The Larousse Encyclopedia of Music . 1982 . . New York City . 0-89673-101-4 . 2nd . Music in the Modern World: Music in Belgium and the Netherlands. .