Victor Vreuls

Victor Jean Léonard Vreuls (Verviers, 4 February 1876 – Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, 26 or 27 July 1944) was a classical Belgian composer, violinist and conductor.

Selected works

 * Stage
 * Olivier le Simple, Opera in 3 acts (1909–1911); premiered 1922 in Brussels
 * Un songe d'une nuit d'été (A Midsummer Night's Dream), Opera in 3 acts after the play by Shakespeare (1923–1924); premiered 1925 in Brussels
 * Le loup-garou (The Werewolf), Légende chorégraphique (ballet) in 1 act (1935); premiered 1937 in Ghent


 * Orchestral
 * Cortège héroïque (1894)
 * Symphony in E major for violin and orchestra (1899)
 * Poème in E♭ major for cello and orchestra, Op. 3 (1900); version for cello (or viola) and piano (1904)
 * Jour de fête, Symphonic Poem (1904)
 * Werther (1907); after the novel The Sorrows of Young Werther by Goethe
 * Adagio for string orchestra
 * Morceau de Concert for trumpet and orchestra (or piano) (1917)
 * Élégie for flute and chamber orchestra (or piano) (1917)
 * Fantaisie for French horn and orchestra (or piano) (1918)
 * Romance for violin and chamber orchestra (1924)
 * Caprice for violin and chamber orchestra (1924)
 * Deuxième Poème (Poem No. 2) for cello and orchestra (or piano) (1930)
 * Suite de danses (1939)
 * Ouverture pour un drame (1940)
 * Rhapsodie modèrne
 * Evocation for chamber orchestra


 * Chamber music
 * Piano Quartet (1894)
 * Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 1 (1896)
 * Sonata No. 1 in B major for violin and piano (1899)
 * String Quartet in F major (1903)
 * Sonata No. 2 in G major for violin and piano (1919)
 * Sonata in D minor for cello and piano (1922)


 * Piano
 * En Ardenne (published 1918)
 * Prélude élégiaque (published 1921)
 * Caprice in E major (published 1921)


 * Vocal
 * Tryptique for voice and orchestra (published 1903); poem by Paul Verlaine
 * 3 Mélodies for voice and piano (published 1912)
 * L'automne sur la Fagne (1907); poem by Jean Dominique
 * Le soir (1910); poem by René Lyr
 * J'ai reposé mon âme! (My soul found peace!) (1903); poem by Stuart Merrill


 * La gerbe ardennaise for voice and piano (published 1920); words by Adolphe-Marie Hardy
 * Vesprées
 * Coin perdu
 * Dans les bois
 * L'heure du rêve


 * La Guirlande des dunes, 5 Poèmes de Émile Verhaeren for voice and piano (published 1920)
 * Temps gris
 * Femme des dunes
 * Midi
 * Les Gas de la mer
 * Bruges au loin


 * Pour toi for voice and piano (published 1921); poem by Tina Louant
 * Chanson for voice and piano (Si tu laissais parler mon rêve il parlerait si bas); poem by Jules Delacre
 * Renouveau for voice and orchestra; poem by René Lyr
 * Cantata for chorus and orchestra

Honours

 * 1932 : Commander in the Order of Leopold.