Lodewijk Mortelmans
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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 der Zee'' (''The Children of the Sea'') was first produced in 1920 at the
Vlaamse Opera.
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