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Guillaume Lekeu
Person · male · Belgium · Verviers · born 1870 · died 1894 · recording since 1991
Belgian composer (1870-1894)
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Also known as Jean Joseph Nicolas Guillaume Lekeu · 纪尧姆·勒克
Timeline
18 events▣ Album 15◦ Birth 1† Death 1★ Debut release 1
1870s
1890s
1990s
· Debut release
Debut release: Oeuvres orchestrales, volume 1
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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2010s
2020s
Biography
English biography1,058 words · 10 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1369278090
Biography
Jean Joseph Nicolas Guillaume Lekeu (French pronunciation: [ɡijom ləkø]; 20 January 1870 – 21 January 1894) was a Belgian composer.
Life
Lekeu was born in Heusy, a village near Verviers, Belgium. He originally studied piano and music theory under Alphonse Voss, the director of the brass band at the local conservatory. In 1879, his parents moved to Poitiers, France. He continued to pursue his music studies independently while at school, composing his first piece at the age of 15. From 1885 onwards, he regularly composed new music, especially chamber music, and studied harmony and violin from 1887 under Octave Grisard.
In June 1888, his family moved to Paris where he began to study philosophy. He was introduced to the works of Téodor de Wyzewa and continued his studies under Gaston Vallin. In August 1889, he travelled to Bayreuth to see the operas of Richard Wagner. On his return, he studied counterpoint and fugue privately with César Franck. Franck encouraged him to continue composing; after Franck's death in the autumn of 1890, Wyzewa introduced him to Vincent d'Indy, who taught him orchestration and encouraged him to compete for the Belgian Prix de Rome, awarded in Brussels. In 1891, he won second prize in the competition for the cantata Andromède.
In 1892, d'Indy introduced Lekeu to Octave Maus, then secretary of Brussels-based Le Cercle des XX. Eugène Ysaÿe commissioned a work from him, the Violin Sonata in G major, which premiered in March 1893 and is his most famous and most often recorded work.
Lekeu contracted typhoid fever from a contaminated sorbet in October 1893. He died in his parents' home in Angers on 21 January 1894, the day after his 24th birthday. On 26 January 1894, he was buried in a small cemetery in Heusy.
Musical style and influences
Lekeu's personal style was present in his earliest compositions. In 1887, he said "Bien plus, ce sera bizarre, détraqué, horrible, tout ce qu'on voudra; mais, du moins, ce sera original" ("Even more, it will be weird, mad, horrible, anything you like, but at least it will be original").
Lekeu's string quartets were inspired by Beethoven, and exposure to Wagner's operas at Bayreuth influenced his approaches to melody. He described this as "des mélodies de telle longueur qu'un seul exposé suffisait à parfaire ... un morceau de musique" ("melodies of such length that a single presentation was sufficient to complete ... a piece of music").
His primary influence was Franck. Many of his works are characterized by a certain melancholy: in his own words, "la joie [est] mille fois plus difficile à peindre que la souffrance" ("joy is a thousand times harder to paint than suffering").
His larger compositions are cyclic in structure; that is, themes in his works will often recur from movement to movement, something no doubt inherited from a long tradition of nineteenth-century European composers, as well as from many works of Franck and d'Indy. The recurring themes in the violin sonata have led some scholars to suggest that it was an inspiration for the Vinteuil Sonata, an imaginary work described by Marcel Proust in In Search of Lost Time. However, the structure imagined by Proust is also similar to the violin sonata by Franck.
His style, prophetic of early-twentieth-century avant-garde French composers like Satie and Milhaud, was influenced by Franck, Wagner and (especially in the Trio) Beethoven, though these influences did not manifest themselves as mere imitation. In general, Lekeu is regarded as a highly talented composer whose death cut short a promising musical career.
Compositions
Lekeu composed about 50 works and left a number of unfinished compositions at the time of his death. Two of these, a Cello Sonata and his Piano Quartet, were completed by d'Indy. All have been recorded at least once, and several of them more than once, notably the Violin Sonata in G Major and the Piano Trio in C minor. The first time the Piano Sonata in G minor was completely performed live was by pianist Paweł Albiński in Kraków, Poland on 20 August 2014.
Significant works
Choral
Chant lyrique, for chorus & orchestra (poem by Lamartine) (1891)
Andromède. Poème lyrique et symphonique, cantata (in 2 acts) for soprano, tenor, baritone, and bass soloists, chorus, and orchestra (text by Jules Sauvenière) (1891)
Songs
Two poems of Lamartine, for voice & piano (1887)
La Fenêtre de la maison paternelle
Les Pavots
Two songs with words by Lekeu, for voice & piano (1889)
Quelque antique et lente danse
L'ombre plus dense
Chanson de Mai, song for voice & piano (text by Jean Lekeu) (1891)
Plainte d'Andromède
AndromèdeSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 17 tracks1Andromède: Première partie: I. Prélude3:022Andromède: Première partie: II. Récitant "Et le monstre odieux..."2:503Andromède: Première partie: III. Choeur "La mort nous a fauchés..."2:504Andromède: Première partie: IV. Récitant "Mais la trompe sacrée..."3:455Andromède: Première partie: V. Prêtres d'Ammon "Ammon principe de lumière..."2:016Andromède: Première partie: VI. Andromède et choeur "Parle, révèle-nous la volonté suprême..."3:427Andromède: Première partie: VII. Récitant "Éclate au même instant..."1:398Andromède: Première partie: VIII. Une voix "À ce qui vous opprime..."1:039Andromède: Première partie: IX. Prêtres d'Ammon "Andromède!... À mort!"4:2610Andromède: Seconde partie: I. Récitant "L'oracle est satisfait..."3:1111Andromède: Seconde partie: II. Andromède "La mort! Ne plus penser jamais"6:2512Andromède: Seconde partie: III. Néréïdes "Brise la chaîne..."2:0113Andromède: Seconde partie: IV. Andromède "Bénis soient vos dédains..."1:1414Andromède: Seconde partie: V. Persée "Ô merveille..."1:4315Andromède: Seconde partie: VI. Choeur, Persée, Andromède "D'ors rayonnants le ciel s'inonde..."5:2916Introduction symphonique aux "Burgraves" de Victor Hugo: I. Première partie13:0717Introduction symphonique aux "Burgraves" de Victor Hugo: II. Seconde partie8:18, for soprano & piano sextet (string quartet and doublebass) (1892)
Trois Poèmes, for voice & piano (also arr. for unaccompanied soprano) (words by Lekeu) (1892)
Sur une tombe
Ronde
Nocturne (also arr. for mezzo-soprano & piano quintet)
Orchestra
Introduction symphonique aux Burgraves (Overture after Victor Hugo's Les Burgraves) (2 movements), for orchestra (1889)
Barberine, Prélude (Prélude au 2e acte) (Prelude to Act II of the opera Barberine), for orchestra (1889)
Chant de triomphale délivrance, Étude symphonique (Première Étude symphonique), for orchestra (1889–90)
Hamlet. Étude symphonique (Deuxième Étude symphonique) (Hamlet et Ophélie), for orchestra (2 mvts) (1890)
I. Hamlet
II. Ophélie
Les Fleurs pâles du souvenir, Adagio pour quatuor d'orchestre, for string orchestra (with violin solo) (1891)
Fantaisie sur deux airs populaires angevins (Fantasy on two Angers folktunes), for orchestra (also for piano 4-hands) (1892)
Concertante and ensemble works
Fantaisie contrapuntique sur un cramignon liégeois (Contrapuntal fantasy on the Liège Cramignon), for chamber orchestra (with choreography for the individual musicians) (1890)
Épithalame, for organ & string orchestra (with 3 trombones) (1891)
Larghetto, for cello & string orchestra (with 2 horns & bassoon) (1892)
Introduction et Adagio pour tuba et orchestre d'harmonie (tuba & wind orchestra) (1892)
Chamber music
Quatuor (String Quartet) in G major, (in 6 mvts) (1888)
Sonate (Cello Sonata) in F major (in 4 descriptive mvts) (1888)
Trio pour piano, violon et violoncelle (Trio à clavier) (Piano Trio) in C minor (in 4 mvts) (1889–91)
Sonate pour piano et violon (Violin Sonata) in G major (in 3 mvts) (1892–93)
Quatuor a clavier (Piano Quartet) in B minor (2 mvts) (1892–94)
Piano
Berceuse et Valse (Pot-pourri), for piano (1887)
Morceaux égoïstes, for piano (7 pieces) (1887–88)
Morceau (a fantasia on a Cramignon or Walloon folk dance melody), for piano 4-hands (1889)
Sonate (Piano Sonata) in G minor (in 5 mvts) (1891)
3 Pièces, for piano (1892)
Chansonette sans paroles
Valse oubliée
Danse joyeuse
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 22 | 83.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 18 | 86.3th |
| Studio albums | 15 | 94.6th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 18 | 93th |
| Recording span (years) | -97 | 5.1th |
| Genres | 5 | 88.3th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (18 release groups · 15 studio albums)
Albums · 15
Oeuvres orchestrales, volume 1
1991 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 1:03:45
1Barberine (Prélude au 2e acte) (1889)8:382Première étude symphonique: Chant de triomphale délivrance (1889)9:183Seconde étude symphonique: I. Hamlet (1890)13:234Seconde étude symphonique: II. Ophélie (1890)6:565Fantaisie sur deux airs populaires angevins (1893)13:026Adagio pour quatuor d'orchestre (1891)12:281992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 59:00
1Méditation pour quatuor d'instruments à cordes (1887): Adagio molto religioso11:082Quatuor à cordes en Sol majeur (1888): I. Allegretto quasi allegro7:543Quatuor à cordes en Sol majeur (1888): II. Adagio sostenuto10:404Quatuor à cordes en Sol majeur (1888): III. Capriccio1:555Quatuor à cordes en Sol majeur (1888): IV. Romance6:396Quatuor à cordes en Sol majeur (1888): V. Poco allegro e molto scherzo2:027Quatuor à cordes en Sol majeur (1888): VI. Final6:428Molto adagio sempre cantante e doloroso (1877)12:001992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 57:12
1Sonate pour piano et violon : I. Tres modéré12:352Sonate pour piano et violon : II. Très lent11:163Sonate pour piano et violon : III. Très animé10:124Quatuor à clavier (inachevé) : I. Dans un emportement douloureux (très animé)14:115Quatuor à clavier (inachevé) : II. Lent et passionné8:581993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:08:19
1Morceaux égoïstes: Andante4:222La fenêtre de la maison paternelle3:323Les Pavots4:254Morceaux égoïstes: Lento doloroso10:415L'ombre plus dense5:216Quelque antique et lente danse4:277Morceaux égoïstes: Andante3:248Chanson de mai5:459Morceaux égoïstes: Andantino malinconico3:3610Andromède7:3711Berceuse2:3912Sur une tombe3:5713Ronde3:5514Nocturne4:381994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 1:05:57
1Trio en Do mineur pour piano, violon et violoncelle : I. Lent13:092Trio en Do mineur pour piano, violon et violoncelle : II. Très lent12:073Trio en Do mineur pour piano, violon et violoncelle : III. Très animé6:594Trio en Do mineur pour piano, violon et violoncelle : IV. Lent11:305Andante sostenuto pour piano à quatre mains7:376Fantaisie sur deux airs populaires angevins, transcription pour piano à quatre mains14:351994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 1:13:23
1Sonate en Fa majeur pour violoncelle et piano : I. Adagio malinconico20:002Sonate en Fa majeur pour violoncelle et piano : II. Allegro molto quasi presto8:103Sonate en Fa majeur pour violoncelle et piano : III. Lento assai e con molto di malinconia11:284Sonate en Fa majeur pour violoncelle et piano : IV. Epilogue. Allegro assai ed appassionato espressivo3:325Trois pièces pour piano : I. Chansonette sans paroles1:476Trois pièces pour piano : II. Valse oubliée3:357Trois pièces pour piano : III. Danse joyeuse4:048Sonate en Sol mineur pour piano : I. (Prélude)1:549Sonate en Sol mineur pour piano : II. (Fugue)6:4110Sonate en Sol mineur pour piano : III. (Fugue)3:4711Sonate en Sol mineur pour piano : IV. Dans un mouvement plus lent4:4112Sonate en Sol mineur pour piano : V. (Finale)3:44Oeuvres orchestrales, volume 2
1994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 52:27
1Seconde étude symphonique: Deuxième partie, Ophélie (2e version)9:312Epithalame pour cordes, trois trombones et orgue10:583Larghetto pour violoncelle et orchestre9:204Introduction et Adagio pour tuba et orchestre d'harmonie9:295Fantaisie contrapuntique sur un Cramignon liégeois7:026Chant lyrique pour choeur et orchestre6:071994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:17:27
1Choral pour violon et piano1:462Andantino semplice pour piano0:453Menuet pour quatuor à cordes3:054Tempo di Mazurka pour piano10:175Allegro marcato pour piano1:026Thema con variazioni pour violon, alto et violoncelle14:007Berceuse et valse (pot-pourri / intermède comique) pour piano8:078Adagio molto espressivo pour deux violons et piano11:329Moderato quasi largo pour piano8:5010Adagio religioso col più grand'espressione pour piano4:2611Minuetto pour deux violons4:1712Andante pour piano3:1313Andante più tosto adagio pour violon et piano6:07Quatuor / Molto adagio / Larghetto / Adagio / Trois poèmes
1994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 1:14:04
1Molto adagio pour quatuor à cordes13:502Quatuor avec piano [inachevé]: Dans un emportement douloureux. Très animé15:513Quatuor avec piano [inachevé]: Lent et passionné12:324Larghetto pour violoncello solo et ensemble8:545Adagio pour quatuor d'orchestre10:176Trois poèmes pour soprano et piano: Sur une tombe4:047Trois poèmes pour soprano et piano: Ronde4:128Trois poèmes pour soprano et piano: Nocturne4:241999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 1:09:55
1Piano Trio in C minor: I. Lent. Allegro12:532Piano Trio in C minor: II. Très lent11:303Piano Trio in C minor: III. Très animé6:554Piano Trio in C minor: IV. Lent. Animé11:105Piano Quartet (unfinished): I. Très animé. Dans un emportement douloureux16:276Piano Quartet (unfinished): II. Lent et passionné11:002010 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 1:03:26
1Molto adagio, sempre cantante doloroso11:192Quatuor à cordes: I. Allegretto quasi allegro9:443Quatuor à cordes: II. Adagio sostenuto8:574Quatuor à cordes: III. Capriccio poco allegro3:025Quatuor à cordes: IV. Romance. Andantino molto moderato quasi andante5:196Quatuor à cordes: V. Poco allegro e molto scherzoso2:177Quatuor à cordes: VI. Final: Allegro assai e appassionato5:548Méditation13:139Menuet3:41Ravel: Complete Music for Violin & Piano / Lekeu: Sonata
2011 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 1:18:55
1Violin Sonata in G major: I. Très modéré11:522Violin Sonata in G major: II. Très lent11:333Violin Sonata in G major: III. Très animé10:144Violin Sonata no. 1 in A major14:045Violin Sonata no. 2 in G major: I. Allegretto8:166Violin Sonata no. 2 in G major: II. Blues: Moderato5:567Violin Sonata no. 2 in G major: III. Perpetuum mobile: Allegro3:578Tzigane9:569Berceuse sur le nom de Gabriel Fauré3:072012 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 1:06:12
1Piano Trio in C minor: I. Lent - Allegro12:082Piano Trio in C minor: II. Tres lent11:193Piano Trio in C minor: III. Tres anime6:594Piano Trio in C minor: IV. Lent - Anime10:125Piano Quartet (unfinished): I. Dans un emportement douloureux14:586Piano Quartet (unfinished): II. Lent et passionne (completed by d'Indy)10:362013 · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 1:06:46
1Andromède: Première partie: I. Prélude3:022Andromède: Première partie: II. Récitant "Et le monstre odieux..."2:503Andromède: Première partie: III. Choeur "La mort nous a fauchés..."2:504Andromède: Première partie: IV. Récitant "Mais la trompe sacrée..."3:455Andromède: Première partie: V. Prêtres d'Ammon "Ammon principe de lumière..."2:016Andromède: Première partie: VI. Andromède et choeur "Parle, révèle-nous la volonté suprême..."3:427Andromède: Première partie: VII. Récitant "Éclate au même instant..."1:398Andromède: Première partie: VIII. Une voix "À ce qui vous opprime..."1:039Andromède: Première partie: IX. Prêtres d'Ammon "Andromède!... À mort!"4:2610Andromède: Seconde partie: I. Récitant "L'oracle est satisfait..."3:1111Andromède: Seconde partie: II. Andromède "La mort! Ne plus penser jamais"6:2512Andromède: Seconde partie: III. Néréïdes "Brise la chaîne..."2:0113Andromède: Seconde partie: IV. Andromède "Bénis soient vos dédains..."1:1414Andromède: Seconde partie: V. Persée "Ô merveille..."1:4315Andromède: Seconde partie: VI. Choeur, Persée, Andromède "D'ors rayonnants le ciel s'inonde..."5:2916Introduction symphonique aux "Burgraves" de Victor Hugo: I. Première partie13:0717Introduction symphonique aux "Burgraves" de Victor Hugo: II. Seconde partie8:182023 · studio album
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Tracklist · 23 tracks · 1:38:21
13 Pieces, V.107: I. Chansonette sans paroles1:4623 Pieces, V.107: II. Valse oubliée3:4733 Pieces, V.107: III. Danse joyeuse (dans le style des chansons populaires)3:374Berceuse, V.942:125Piano Sonata in G Minor, V.105: I. Prélude (Très modéré)2:146Piano Sonata in G Minor, V.105: II. Fugue 17:317Piano Sonata in G Minor, V.105: III. Fugue 23:388Piano Sonata in G Minor, V.105: IV. Dans un mouvement plus lent5:189Piano Sonata in G Minor, V.105: V. Finale3:2910Pot-pourri, V.95 (Intermède comique): I. Berceuse2:3011Pot-pourri, V.95 (Intermède comique): II. Valse2:2912Andantino semplice e molto espressivo, V.930:4813Tempo di mazurka, V.10610:0614Morceaux égoïstes, livre 2: I. Allegro marcato, V.851:4315Morceaux égoïstes, livre 2: II. Andante, V.883:0416Morceaux égoïstes, livre 2: III. Andantino malinconico, V.913:2717Morceaux égoïstes, livre 2: IV. Andante, V.863:0018Morceaux égoïstes, livre 2: V. Andante, pour moi seul (manuscript), V.874:2619Andante religioso col più grand'espressione, V.844:3820Morceaux égoïstes, livre 1: IV. Lento doloroso, V.10011:3221Moderato quasi largo, V.1038:3122Pastorale (manuscript)0:3723Fuga (manuscript)7:58
Album · 3
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Sonates pour violonSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 7 tracks · 1:10:231Sonate pour violin et piano en sol majeur: I. Très modéré - Vif et passionné11:25 2Sonate pour violin et piano en sol majeur: II. Très lent9:44 3Sonate pour violin et piano en sol majeur: III. Très animé9:27 4Sonate pour violin et piano en sol majeur, op. 13: I. Large - Animé12:10 5Sonate pour violin et piano en sol majeur, op. 13: II. Calme11:28 6Sonate pour violin et piano en sol majeur, op. 13: III. Très vif3:39 7Sonate pour violin et piano en sol majeur, op. 13: IV. Large - Animé12:30 | Compilation | 2006 | |
| 2015 | Les Fleurs Pâles Du Souvenir... Complete WorksSearch SpotifySearch YouTube Music | Compilation | 2015 | |
| 2018 | Into The FireSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 19 tracks · 1:17:371Du meines Herzens Krönelein, op. 21/22:20 2All mein’ Gedanken, op. 21/11:08 3Die Nacht, op. 10/33:13 4Ach Lieb, ich muss nun scheiden, op. 21/31:57 5Traum durch die Dämmerung, op.29/14:03 6Molto adagio11:21 7Trois Chansons de Bilitis, L. 97 : I. La Flûte de Pan2:49 8Trois Chansons de Bilitis, L. 97 : II. La Chevelure4:10 9Trois Chansons de Bilitis, L. 97 : III. Le Tombeau des naïades4:03 10Camille Claudel: Into the Fire: Prelude – Awakening1:27 11Camille Claudel: Into the Fire: I. Rodin4:27 12Camille Claudel: Into the Fire: II. La Valse4:42 13Camille Claudel: Into the Fire: III. Shakuntala5:07 14Camille Claudel: Into the Fire: IV. La Petite châtelaine4:37 15Camille Claudel: Into the Fire: V. The Gossips4:22 16Camille Claudel: Into the Fire: VI. L’Age mûr3:06 17Camille Claudel: Into the Fire: VII. Epilogue – Jessie Lipscomb visits Camille Claudel, Montdevergues Asylum, 19295:40 18Morgen!, op. 27/44:34 19Silent Night4:31 | Live | 2018 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Guillaume Lekeu head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 22 | 83.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 18 | 86.3th |
| Studio albums | 15 | 94.6th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 18 | 93th |
| Recording span (years) | -97 | 5.1th |
| Genres | 5 | 88.3th |
Awards & honours
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Wikidata: Q450990 · MusicBrainz: 08e88d33-fbc7-42d8-9fbf-c14f552f1277
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