Jean Delville - Maître de l'idéal by Various

Il se rend d’abord à Florence, où il séjourne peut-être chez Baltus, puis passe le printemps et l’été à Rome. Pages 88-89: Jean Delville part pour l’Italie en mars 1896. Là, il noue amitié avec le compositeur flamand Lodewijk Mortelmans, Prix de Rome de musique. Accompagné de sa femme et de ses deux fils, il réside à l’Académie belge. Jean Delville * From the Art Book JEAN DELVILLE (1867-1953) Maître de l’idéal, published 2014Īfter the exhibition in Musée Félicien-Rops : : Jean vit son départ pour Rome comme une délivrance. His dream was to stay in Rome for a few years to complete his works, but regarding his marriage to Gabrielle Mortelmans (pianist) in 1894, and in the meantime having a first child, he returned home. Still at Rome he wrote Treurmarsch from that symphony. There, in his mind, the sketch of a Homeric Symphony ripened. In 1896 he traveled to Italy, met his friend Jean Delville, who guided him around Rome. In 1893, barely 25 years old, Lodewijk Mortelmans won the first prize in Rome with his cantata Lady Macbeth. In 1891 he interrupted his participation, forced by illness, and had to abandon the final test. In 1889 Lodewijk Mortelmans took part 'just to try' and then, together with Paul Lebrun, won a shared second prize from Rome with the cantate Sinaï.

As the first of his students, he was destined to achieve this state prize. Benoit's hope was set in Lodewijk Mortelmans. A student who became laureate of the Prize of Rome and thus crowned the best Belgian composer of his generation, was an irrefutable quality label for his school. In order to reinforce his claim, he wanted to demonstrate at all costs that his education was equivalent to that of the Royal Conservatories of Brussels, Ghent and Liège. For so long he saw his best students leave for Brussels to get – in french! - a First Prize.

It was his ultimate aim to give his Municipal Music School the status of Royal Conservatory. Peter Benoit To have a winner of the Rome Prize in the house, that was one of Peter Benoits major concerns in the 1880s. Lodewijk Mortelmans (standing in the middle),Īs member of the jury of the Prix de Rome

Lodewijk Mortelmans 1868-1952 1893 - Prix de Rome Participations at the Belgian Prix de Rome for music composition :ġ889 - 1st participation: deuxième second prixġ891 - 2st participation: withdrawel due to sickness

Jean Delville - Maître de l'idéal by Various