Edgar Tinel
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Edgar Tinel (27 March 185428 October 1912) was a Belgian
composer and pianist.
He was born in Sinaai, today part of Sint-Niklaas
in East Flanders
, Belgium, and died in Brussels
. After studies at the Brussels Conservatory with Louis Brassin
(piano) and François-Auguste Gevaert
(composition), he began a career as a virtuoso, but soon abandoned this for composition. In 1877 his cantata Klokke Roeland won him the Belgian Prix de Rome
, and in 1881 he succeeded Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens
as director of the Mechelen Institute of Religious Music
.
He devoted himself to a study of old church music, and his ideas gave rise to Pope Pius X
's Motu proprio
. Appointed inspector of music education in 1889, he moved to the Brussels Conservatory to become professor of counterpoint and fugue in 1896, and director at the end of 1908. He was made maître de chapelle to the king in 1910, having been elected to the Belgian Royal Academy
in 1902.
His liturgical music is polyphonic in the Palestrina
style, but this technique conflicted with Tinel's lyrical and mystical temperament, and he had much greater success in his two concert settings of the Te Deum
, the oratorio and the religious dramas. These works indicate his total admiration for Bach
, but the orchestration, dominated by the strings, is Romantic. Tinel's piano pieces and songs recall Schumann
, Mendelssohn
and Brahms
. He published Le chant gregorien (Mechelen, 1890).
Tinel also wrote a treatise on plain-song.
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
composer and pianist.
He was born in Sinaai, today part of Sint-Niklaas
Sint-Niklaas
Sint-Niklaas is a Belgian city and municipality located in the Flemish province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Sint-Niklaas proper and the towns of Belsele, Nieuwkerken-Waas, and Sinaai....
in East Flanders
East Flanders
East Flanders is a province of Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders on the Netherlands and in Belgium on the provinces of Antwerp, Flemish Brabant , of Hainaut and of West Flanders...
, Belgium, and died in Brussels
Brussels
Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
. After studies at the Brussels Conservatory with Louis Brassin
Louis Brassin
Louis Brassin was a Belgian pianist, composer and music educator. He is best known now for his piano transcription of the Magic Fire Music from Wagner's Die Walküre.-Career:...
(piano) and François-Auguste Gevaert
François-Auguste Gevaert
François-Auguste Gevaert was a Belgian composer.His father was a baker, and he was intended for the same profession, but better counsels prevailed and he was permitted to study music. He was sent in 1841 to the Ghent Conservatory, where he studied under Edouard de Sommere and Martin-Joseph Mengal...
(composition), he began a career as a virtuoso, but soon abandoned this for composition. In 1877 his cantata Klokke Roeland won him the Belgian Prix de Rome
Prix de Rome (Belgium)
The Belgian Prix de Rome is an award for young artists, created in 1832, following the example of the original French Prix de Rome. The Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp organised the prize until 1920, when the national government took over. The first prize is also sometimes called the Grand Prix...
, and in 1881 he succeeded Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens
Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens
Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens , was an organist and composer for his instrument.Born at Zoerle-Parwijs, near Westerlo, Belgium, Lemmens took lessons from François-Joseph Fétis, who wanted to make him into a musician capable of renewing the organ-player's art in Belgium...
as director of the Mechelen Institute of Religious Music
Lemmensinstituut
The Lemmensinstituut is a Belgian conservatory in Leuven named after Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens. It was founded in 1879 and has a reputation for offering one of Europe's finest Music Therapy degree programs...
.
He devoted himself to a study of old church music, and his ideas gave rise to Pope Pius X
Pope Pius X
Pope Saint Pius X , born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto, was the 257th Pope of the Catholic Church, serving from 1903 to 1914. He was the first pope since Pope Pius V to be canonized. Pius X rejected modernist interpretations of Catholic doctrine, promoting traditional devotional practices and orthodox...
's Motu proprio
Motu proprio
A motu proprio is a document issued by the Pope on his own initiative and personally signed by him....
. Appointed inspector of music education in 1889, he moved to the Brussels Conservatory to become professor of counterpoint and fugue in 1896, and director at the end of 1908. He was made maître de chapelle to the king in 1910, having been elected to the Belgian Royal Academy
The Royal Academies for Science and the Arts of Belgium
There are two Royal Academies for Science and the Arts in Belgium, corresponding to the two main languages of the country, Dutch and French . The Academies are located in the Palace of Academies in Brussels....
in 1902.
His liturgical music is polyphonic in the Palestrina
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina was an Italian Renaissance composer of sacred music and the best-known 16th-century representative of the Roman School of musical composition...
style, but this technique conflicted with Tinel's lyrical and mystical temperament, and he had much greater success in his two concert settings of the Te Deum
Te Deum
The Te Deum is an early Christian hymn of praise. The title is taken from its opening Latin words, Te Deum laudamus, rendered literally as "Thee, O God, we praise"....
, the oratorio and the religious dramas. These works indicate his total admiration for Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity...
, but the orchestration, dominated by the strings, is Romantic. Tinel's piano pieces and songs recall Schumann
Robert Schumann
Robert Schumann, sometimes known as Robert Alexander Schumann, was a German composer, aesthete and influential music critic. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most representative composers of the Romantic era....
, Mendelssohn
Felix Mendelssohn
Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Barthóldy , use the form 'Mendelssohn' and not 'Mendelssohn Bartholdy'. The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians gives ' Felix Mendelssohn' as the entry, with 'Mendelssohn' used in the body text...
and Brahms
Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms was a German composer and pianist, and one of the leading musicians of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna, Austria, where he was a leader of the musical scene...
. He published Le chant gregorien (Mechelen, 1890).
Choral
- Klokke Roeland, Op. 17, cantata
- Kollebloemen, Op. 20, cantata, 1879, rev. 1889-90
- Vlaamsche stemme, Op. 25, 4 male vv
- Te Deum, Op. 26, 4vv org, 1883
- Psalm vi, Op. 27, 4 male vv 1891
- 4 Adventsliederen, Op. 35, SATB
- Franciscus, Op. 36, oratorio, 1890, libretto by Lodewijk de KoninckLodewijk de KoninckLodewijk De Koninck was a Flemish writer.He studied at the school for teachers Lier and became a teacher in Antwerp. Later he became an inspector of the Catholic primary schools and a teacher at the school for teachers in Mechelen.As a writer he wrote poems which reflected his strict catholic belief...
- Aurora, Op. 37, 4 male vv (1885)
- Psalm xxix, Op. 39, 4 male vv
- Missa in honorem BMV de Lourdes, Op. 41, 5 vv 1905
- Cantique nuptial, Op. 45, S/T, org, pf/harp
- Te Deum, Op. 46, 6vv, org, orch, 1905
- Psalm cl, Op. 47, 4 male vv, 1907
Keyboard music
- Piano Sonata in F minor, Op. 9
- Organ Sonata in G minor, Op. 29
- Bunte Blätter, Op. 32, for piano
Orchestral music, songs
- Principal publishers: Breitkopf & Härtel, Schott (Brussels)
- Kollebloemen (lyrical poem)
- Drie ridders ('Three knights', ballad)
- Incidental musicIncidental musicIncidental music is music in a play, television program, radio program, video game, film or some other form not primarily musical. The term is less frequently applied to film music, with such music being referred to instead as the "film score" or "soundtrack"....
to Pierre CorneillePierre CorneillePierre Corneille was a French tragedian who was one of the three great seventeenth-century French dramatists, along with Molière and Racine...
's PolyeuctePolyeuctePolyeucte martyr is a drama in five acts by French writer Pierre Corneille. It was finished in December 1642 and debuted in October 1643. It is based on the life of the martyr Saint Polyeuctus ....
(1878-1881)
Tinel also wrote a treatise on plain-song.
External links
- Edgar (Pierre Joseph) Tinel | Classical Composers Database at www.classical-composers.org