Julianus Marie August De Boeck (May 9, 1865 in Merchtem , Belgium – October 9, 1937 in Merchtem) was a Belgian composer, organist and music pedagogue. He was the son of organist and director Florentinus (Flor) De Boeck (1826-1892)
13-1303: Boeck is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: August de Boeck (1865–1937), Flemish composer, organist and music pedagogue Cæsar Peter Møller Boeck (1845–1917), Norwegian dermatologist born in Lier Carl Wilhelm Boeck (1808–1875), Norwegian dermatologist born in Kongsberg Christian Peder Bianco Boeck (1798–1877), Norwegian doctor, zoologist, botanist and mountaineer Erna Boeck or Erna Steinberg (1911–2001), German track and field athlete who specialised in sprinting events Eugen von Boeck (1823–1886), German educator and scientist who lived in Chile, Peru and Bolivia Glen De Boeck (born 1971), Belgian former football player and manager Johann Boeck (1743–1793), German actor Jonas Axel Boeck (1833–1873), Norwegian marine biologist Kurt Boeck (1855–1933), German theatre artist, traveller, and writer Marcelo Boeck (born 1984), Brazilian professional footballer See also [ edit ] Besnier-Boeck disease or Sarcoidosis, also called sarcoid,
26-452: A specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Boeck&oldid=1100405627 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles August de Boeck From 1880 he studied organ at
39-568: A story"; as in symbolist poetry , the normal syntax is usually disrupted and individual images that carry the work's meaning are evoked. In 1912, the French composer Ernest Fanelli (1860–1917) received significant attention and coverage in the Parisian press following a performance of a symphonic poem he wrote in 1886, titled Thèbes , incorporating elements associated with Impressionism, such as extended chords and whole-tone scales . Ravel
52-590: Is a disease involving abnormal collections of inflammatory cells (granulomas) that can form as nodules in multiple organs Het Notite Boeck der Christelyckes Kercke op de Manner of Philips Burgh , rare surviving record book of the Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow in Sleepy Hollow, New York Boeckman (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Boeck . If an internal link intending to refer to
65-412: Is also associated with Impressionism, and his tone poem The Swan of Tuonela (1893) predates Debussy's Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (regarded as a seminal work of musical Impressionism) by a year. The American composer Howard Hanson also borrowed from both Sibelius and Impressionism generally in works such as his Second Symphony . One of the most important tools of musical Impressionism
78-988: The Royal Conservatory of Antwerp (1909–1920) and the Brussels Conservatory, and as director of the Conservatory of Mechelen (1921–1930). His students included Maria Scheepers . In 1930 August De Boeck retired to his birthplace, Merchtem. As with Gilson, De Boeck's style was influenced by the Russian Five , and especially Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov . Along with Gilson, he introduced impressionist composition in Belgium. He wrote about 400 compositions including vocal work, operas, religious pieces and instrumental compositions. [REDACTED] Media related to August De Boeck at Wikimedia Commons Impressionist music Impressionism in music
91-614: The Royal Conservatory of Brussels under Alphonse Mailly, whose assistant he became until 1902. In 1889 he met the young Paul Gilson who became a close friend and, despite being the same age, his teacher for orchestration. Gilson encouraged De Boeck's composition work. He became an organist at various churches in Belgian villages (1892-1894 in Merchtem, 1894-1920 in Elsene ). His academic career continued in 1907 as professor of harmony at
104-740: The Impressionist painters who use starkly contrasting colors, effect of light on an object, blurry foreground and background, flattening perspective, etc. to make the observer focus their attention on the overall impression. The most prominent feature in musical Impressionism is the use of "color", or in musical terms, timbre , which can be achieved through orchestration , harmonic usage, texture, etc. Other elements of musical Impressionism also involve new chord combinations, ambiguous tonality , extended harmonies , use of modes and exotic scales, parallel motion , extra-musicality , and evocative titles such as “ Reflets dans l'eau ” (“Reflections on
117-483: The piano pedals, and other elements. “The perception of Debussy’s compositional language as decidedly post-romantic/Impressionistic—nuanced, understated, and subtle—is firmly solidified among today’s musicians and well-informed audiences." Some Impressionist composers, Debussy and Ravel in particular, are also labeled as symbolist composers . One trait shared with both aesthetic trends is "a sense of detached observation: rather than expressing deeply felt emotion or telling
130-525: The water”), “ Brouillards ” (“Mists”), etc. Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel are two leading figures in Impressionism, though Debussy rejected this label (in a 1908 letter he wrote "imbeciles call [what I am trying to write in Images ] 'impressionism', a term employed with the utmost inaccuracy, especially by art critics who use it as a label to stick on Turner , the finest creator of mystery in
143-494: The whole of art!") and Ravel displayed discomfort with it, at one point claiming that it could not be adequately applied to music at all. Debussy's Impressionist works typically "evoke a mood, feeling, atmosphere, or scene" by creating musical images through characteristic motifs, harmony, exotic scales (e.g., whole-tone and pentatonic scales), instrumental timbre, large unresolved chords (e.g., 9ths, 11ths, 13ths), parallel motion, ambiguous tonality, extreme chromaticism, heavy use of
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#1732772549819156-512: Was a movement among various composers in Western classical music (mainly during the late 19th and early 20th centuries) whose music focuses on mood and atmosphere, "conveying the moods and emotions aroused by the subject rather than a detailed tone‐picture". "Impressionism" is a philosophical and aesthetic term borrowed from late 19th-century French painting after Monet's Impression, Sunrise . Composers were labeled Impressionists by analogy to
169-583: Was unimpressed by Fanelli's novelties, maintaining that these were already utilized by past composers such as Franz Liszt . He also opined that Fanelli's Impressionism stemmed from Hector Berlioz rather than Liszt or Russian composers. Other composers linked to Impressionism include Lili Boulanger , Isaac Albéniz , Frederick Delius , Paul Dukas , Alexander Scriabin , Manuel de Falla , John Alden Carpenter , Ottorino Respighi , Albert Roussel , Karol Szymanowski , Charles Tomlinson Griffes , and Federico Mompou . The Finnish composer Jean Sibelius
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