Hendrik Waelput, a Belgian composer, was the first director of the Music School in Bruges and introduced the Boehm flute there, but was later dishonorably discharged due to accusations of bad management.
Instruments
The modern Boehm flute, designed by Theobald Boehm, achieved a full sonority by changing from wood to metal and allowed for homogeneous dynamics and supple velocity due to its new chromatic key-system.
Composer Biography
Jan Dumon, a flute professor at the Brussels Conservatory, was the son of a viola player and conductor, and became a professor himself at the age of twenty-two.
Composition History
Peter Benoit's Concerto Symphonique for flute and orchestra was originally conceived as the final part of a triptych, which also included a work for piano and orchestra and a series of pieces for solo piano.
Critical Reception
Hendrik Waelput's Concerto Symphonique was called a 'real symphony' by his biographer, but the orchestra often 'drowned out the solo parts'.
Composer Biography
François-Joseph Fétis, a central figure in Belgian musical life and former teacher of Benoit and Waelput, was an Austrian, French, and Dutch citizen before finding opportunities in the young Belgian kingdom.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Peter Benoit, a Belgian composer, took leave of 'absolute' instrumental music with his Concerto Symphonique, subsequently dedicating his career to mass singing and the Flemish cause.
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