Lodewijk Mortelmans, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Lodewijk Mortelmans

Belgian composer

Date of Birth: 05-Feb-1868

Place of Birth: Antwerp, Flemish Region, Belgium

Date of Death: 24-Jun-1952

Profession: composer, conductor, university teacher, musicologist

Nationality: Belgium

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

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.