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Victor Jean Léonard Vreuls (Verviers, 4 February 1876 – Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, 26 or 27 July 1944) was a Belgian composer, violinist and conductor.
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Violin Sonata No. 2 in G major (1923)
Dedication: A Mathieu Crickboom
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Eliot Lawson, violin and Diane Andersen, piano
Victor Vreuls was born in Verviers six years after his fellow townsman Guillaume Lekeu, who died young. He started his studies at the Conservatory of his native city and continued them at the Royal Conservatory of Liège. His teachers included Jean-Théodore Radoux (counterpoint and fugue) and Sylvain Dupuis (harmony). He then went to Paris to take lessons with Vincent d'Indy. In 1901 he was appointed as teacher of harmony at the Schola Cantorum de Paris, the institute of D'Indy, Alexandre Guilmant and Charles Bordes that was particularly active with the study of early music. In 1904, Vreuls and Bordes founded the concert organization 'Camera', specialized in early music. In the same year, Vreuls was awarded the 'Prix Eugène Ysaÿe' for his symphony for violin and orchestra.
In 1906 he was appointed as the first director of the newly founded Conservatoire de Musique de la Ville de Luxembourg. In addition, his international conducting career took off. In 1925 he was admitted to the Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique. Due to health problems, he had to give up his position in Luxembourg in 1926.
Mathieu Crickboom was a member of the Ysaye Quartet from 1886: Eugène Ysaÿe, Mathieu Crickboom, Léon van Hout and Joseph Jacob.
Leader of the Crickboom Quartet from 1897: Mathieu Crickboom, Josep Rocabruna, Rafael Gálvez and Pablo Casals. This group performed piano quintets with Enrique Granados (1867-1916) from 1898-1903.
Crickboom's system consisted of 5 series of books covering 8 years of study:
1. Methode de violon 5 books
2. Chants et morceaux 5 books
3. Technique du violon 3 books
4. Etudes Les maîtres du violon 12 books
5. Duos progressifs 3 books
Victor Jean Léonard Vreuls (Verviers, 4 February 1876 – Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, 26 or 27 July 1944) was a Belgian composer, violinist and conductor.
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Violin Sonata No. 2 in G major (1923)
Dedication: A Mathieu Crickboom
1. Animé (0:00)
2. Large (10:40)
3. Lent - Modérément animé (24:00)
Eliot Lawson, violin and Diane Andersen, piano
Victor Vreuls was born in Verviers six years after his fellow townsman Guillaume Lekeu, who died young. He started his studies at the Conservatory of his native city and continued them at the Royal Conservatory of Liège. His teachers included Jean-Théodore Radoux (counterpoint and fugue) and Sylvain Dupuis (harmony). He then went to Paris to take lessons with Vincent d'Indy. In 1901 he was appointed as teacher of harmony at the Schola Cantorum de Paris, the institute of D'Indy, Alexandre Guilmant and Charles Bordes that was particularly active with the study of early music. In 1904, Vreuls and Bordes founded the concert organization 'Camera', specialized in early music. In the same year, Vreuls was awarded the 'Prix Eugène Ysaÿe' for his symphony for violin and orchestra.
In 1906 he was appointed as the first director of the newly founded Conservatoire de Musique de la Ville de Luxembourg. In addition, his international conducting career took off. In 1925 he was admitted to the Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique. Due to health problems, he had to give up his position in Luxembourg in 1926.
Mathieu Crickboom was a member of the Ysaye Quartet from 1886: Eugène Ysaÿe, Mathieu Crickboom, Léon van Hout and Joseph Jacob.
Leader of the Crickboom Quartet from 1897: Mathieu Crickboom, Josep Rocabruna, Rafael Gálvez and Pablo Casals. This group performed piano quintets with Enrique Granados (1867-1916) from 1898-1903.
Crickboom's system consisted of 5 series of books covering 8 years of study:
1. Methode de violon 5 books
2. Chants et morceaux 5 books
3. Technique du violon 3 books
4. Etudes Les maîtres du violon 12 books
5. Duos progressifs 3 books
