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Feb 05, 1868 Antwerp, Flemish Region, Belgium Died on 24 Jun 1952 (aged 84)
Belgian composer
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About Lodewijk Mortelmans
- 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 van Zee (The Children of the Sea) was first produced in 1920 at the Vlaamse Opera.
