Composers

Peter Benoit

Voice
Piano
Orchestra
Mixed chorus
Tenor
Baritone
Organ
Bass
Soprano
Boys' choir
Religious music
Song
Cantatas
Melody
Secular cantatas
Hymn
Romance
Piece
Sacred hymns
Oratorio
by popularity

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12 Pensées naïves2 Fantaisies, Op.92 Mazurkas chantées, Op.112 Mazurkas, Op.42 Mazurkas, Op.82 Scherzandos, Op.33 Caprices, Op.73 Mélodies sans paroles, Op.23 Mélodies, Op.10

A

Adeste FidelesAve MariaAve Maria, Op.1

B

Blonde fille

C

Caprice, Op.19Conscience herdachtContes et Ballades, Op.34

D

De ElzenkoningDe LeieDe OorlogDe pacificatie van GentDe RhijnDe ScheldeDe wæreld in!Drama Christi

F

Fantaisie No.3, Op.18Fantaisie No.4, Op.20Feestzang

G

Guirlande lyrique

H

Heilzang aan Hendrik ConscienceHerderskoutHoogmisHucbaldHymne aan de schoonheidHymne aan den vrede

I

Ici je veux rêverIn de velden

J

Joncvrou Cathelyne

K

Kerstmis

L

La trace de tes pasL'angelus du soir, Op.22Lauda SionLauraLe Meurtre d'AbelLe nuageLe retour du printempsLe sylpheLedeganckcantateL'Inquiétude, Op.6LuciferLuim

M

MagnificatMissa Tribus Vocibus VirorumMyn môederspraak

P

Petits bouquetsPiano Sonata, Op.34Plechtige optochtPolonaise, Op.5Prometheus' Zegepraal

R

RequiemRevenez petits oiseauxRubensmars

S

Scherzando No.3, Op.21String Quartet, Op.10Symfonisch gedicht voor klavier en orkest, Op.43Symphonisch gedicht voor fluit en orkest, Op.43a

T

Te DeumTheodoor Van RijswijckTriomfmarsch

V

Vlaanderen's Kunstroem
Wikipedia
Peter Benoit (17 August 1834 – 8 March 1901) was a Flemish composer of Belgian nationality.
Petrus Leonardus Leopoldus Benoit was born in Harelbeke, Flanders, Belgium in 1834. He was taught music at an early age by his father and the village organist. In 1851 Benoit entered the Brussels Conservatoire, where he remained till 1855, studying primarily with FJ Fétis. During this period he composed music to many melodramas, and to the opera Le Village dans les montagnes for the Park Theatre, of which in 1856 he became the resident conductor. In 1857 he won the Belgian Prix de Rome for his cantata Le Meurtre d'Abel. The accompanying money grant enabled him to travel through Germany. In the course of his journings he found time to write a considerable amount of music, as well as an essay called L'École de musique flamande et son avenir.
Fétis loudly praised his Messe solennelle, which Benoit composed in Brussels on his return from Germany. In 1861 he visited Paris for the production of his opera Le Roi des Aulnes ("The Erl King"), which, though accepted by the Théâtre Lyrique, was never performed. (He also composed a work for piano and orchestra called Le Roi des Aulnes.) While there he conducted at the Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens. Again returning home, he astonished the musical community with the production in Antwerp of a sacred tetralogy, consisting of his Cantate de Noël, the above-mentioned Mass, a Te Deum and a Requiem, in which were embodied to a large extent his theories about Flemish music.
Benoit passionately pursued the founding of an entirely separate Flemish school, and to that purpose even changed his name from the French "Pierre" to the Dutch equivalent "Peter". Through prodigious effort he succeeded in gathering a small group of enthusiasts who recognized with him the potential for a Flemish school that would differ completely from the French and German schools. However, these intentions failed, as the school's faith was tied too closely to Benoit's music, which was hardly more Flemish than it was French or German.
Benoit's most important compositions include the Flemish oratorios De Schelde (The river Scheldt) and Lucifer (which met complete failure when it was staged in London in 1888), the operas Het Dorp in 't Gebergte (The village in the mountains) and Isa, and the Drama Christi, a huge body of songs, choruses, small cantatas and motets. Benoit also wrote a great number of essays on musical matters.
He also composed a Flute Concerto (Symphonic Tale), Op. 43a, and a Piano Concerto (Symphonic Tale), Op. 43b.
He died in Antwerp on 8 March 1901, aged 66. In Harelbeke a museum remembers of his life and work, called the Stedelijk Museum "Peter Benoit".