Albert Huybrechts
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Albert Huybrechts was a Belgian composer.
, and was a pupil of Joseph Jongen
. He was appointed a professor but shortly after taking up the post died of kidney failure.
Orchestra
Concertante
Chamber music
Organ
Piano
Vocal
Life
Huybrechts studied at the Royal Conservatory of BrusselsRoyal Conservatory of Brussels
The Royal Conservatory of Brussels is a drama and music college in Brussels, Belgium. An academy for acting and the arts, it has been attended by many of the top actors and actresses in Belgium such as Josse De Pauw, Luk van Mello and Luk De Konink....
, and was a pupil of Joseph Jongen
Joseph Jongen
Marie-Alphonse-Nicolas-Joseph Jongen was a Belgian organist, composer, and music educator.-Biography:Jongen was born in Liège. On the strength of an amazing precocity for music, he was admitted to the Liège Conservatoire at the extraordinarily young age of seven, and spent the next sixteen years...
. He was appointed a professor but shortly after taking up the post died of kidney failure.
Works
Stage- Agamemnon, Incidental Music after AeschylusAeschylusAeschylus was the first of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose work has survived, the others being Sophocles and Euripides, and is often described as the father of tragedy. His name derives from the Greek word aiskhos , meaning "shame"...
for tenor, baritone, male chorus and orchestra (1932–1933)
Orchestra
- David, Poème symphonique (1923)
- Poème féerique (1923)
- Sérénade en 3 mouvements (1929)
- Chant d'angoisse (1930)
- Nocturne (1931)
Concertante
- Chant funèbre for cello and orchestra (1926); also for cello and piano
- Concertino for cello and orchestra (1932)
Chamber music
- String Quartet No. 1 (1924)
- Sonata for violin and piano (1925)
- Chant funèbre for cello and piano (1926); also orchestrated
- Trio for flute, viola and piano (1926)
- String Quartet No. 2 (1927)
- Sextuor (Pastorale) for 2 flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon (1927)
- Suite for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon and piano (1929)
- Divertissement for brass and percussion (1931)
- Pastourelle for cello or viola da gamba and piano (1934)
- Sonatine for flute and viola (1934)
- Piano Trio (1935)
- Quintette à vent (Woodwind Quintet) for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon (1936)
- Aesope for string quartet
Organ
- Choral (1930)
Piano
- Sicilienne (1934)
Vocal
- Les roses de Saadi for soprano and piano (1919); words by Marceline Desbordes-ValmoreMarceline Desbordes-ValmoreMarceline Desbordes-Valmore was a French poet.She was born in Douai. Following the French Revolution, her family emigrated to Guadeloupe. In 1817 she married her second husband, the actor Prosper Lanchantin-Valmore....
- Cétait un soir de féeries for soprano and piano (1920); words by Francis Viélé-GriffinFrancis Viélé-GriffinFrancis Vielé-Griffin , was a French symbolist poet. He was born at Norfolk, Virginia, USA and was the son of Egbert Ludovicus Viele.Vielé-Griffin was educated in France and divided his time between Paris and Touraine...
- Chant d'automne for soprano and piano (1920); words by Charles BaudelaireCharles BaudelaireCharles Baudelaire was a French poet who produced notable work as an essayist, art critic, and pioneering translator of Edgar Allan Poe. His most famous work, Les Fleurs du mal expresses the changing nature of beauty in modern, industrializing Paris during the nineteenth century...
- Deux poèmes for mezzo-soprano and string quartet (1923); words by Emile VerhaerenEmile VerhaerenEmile Verhaeren was a Belgian poet who wrote in the French language, and one of the chief founders of the school of Symbolism....
- Horoscopes for soprano and piano (1926); words by Francis JamesFrancis JamesAlfred Francis James was an eccentric Australian publisher known for being imprisoned in China as a spy.-Early life:...
- Trois poèmes for mezzo-soprano and piano (1928); words by Edgar Allan PoeEdgar Allan PoeEdgar Allan Poe was an American author, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective...
in translation by Stéphane MallarméStéphane MallarméStéphane Mallarmé , whose real name was Étienne Mallarmé, was a French poet and critic. He was a major French symbolist poet, and his work anticipated and inspired several revolutionary artistic schools of the early 20th century, such as Dadaism, Surrealism, and Futurism.-Biography:Stéphane... - Eldorado for soprano or mezzo-soprano and orchestra (1928); words by Edgar Allan PoeEdgar Allan PoeEdgar Allan Poe was an American author, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective...
in translation by Stéphane MallarméStéphane MallarméStéphane Mallarmé , whose real name was Étienne Mallarmé, was a French poet and critic. He was a major French symbolist poet, and his work anticipated and inspired several revolutionary artistic schools of the early 20th century, such as Dadaism, Surrealism, and Futurism.-Biography:Stéphane... - Prière pour avoir une femme simple for tenor and piano or orchestra (1934); words by Francis JamesFrancis JamesAlfred Francis James was an eccentric Australian publisher known for being imprisoned in China as a spy.-Early life:...
- Mirliton for soprano and piano (1934); words by Tristan CorbièreTristan CorbièreTristan Corbière , born Édouard-Joachim Corbière, was a French poet born in Coat-Congar, Ploujean in Brittany, where he lived most of his life and where he died....
Discography
- Complete Songs - Les roses de Saadi. Chant d'automne. C'était un soir de fééries. Ressouvenance. Horoscopes. Chanson. Eglogue. Sépulture d'un poète maudit. Prière pour avoir une femme simple. Sicilienne. Trois poèmes d'Edgar Allan Poe. Mirlition. Deux poèmes d'Emile VerhaerenEmile VerhaerenEmile Verhaeren was a Belgian poet who wrote in the French language, and one of the chief founders of the school of Symbolism....
. Laure Delcampe, soprano. Marie Lenormand mezzo-soprano, Martial Defontaine tenor, Lionel Bams piano. Quatuor MP4. Cypres 2011.