Hendrik Waelput

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Henri Philippe Pierre, Jean-Baptiste (Henry) Waelput ( Ghent , 26 October 1845 - 8 July 1885 ) was a Belgian composer , music educator and conductor . Waelput was the first music teacher at St. Barbara College Ghent Karel Miry . First he studied literature and philosophy at the University of Ghent . Subsequently he studied harmony with François-Joseph Fétis and orchestration with Charles Hanssens at the Royal Conservatory in Brussels . In 1866 he won a composition prize. Although his earliest works on French texts are written, he was later an ardent supporter of Peter Benoit . In 1867 he won the Prix de Rome for his cantata The forest. Waelput was co-founder and conductor of the Royal Flemish Theatre in Brussels (1866-1867). After a brief stay in Germany from 1869 to 1871 he was the young talented composer and director of the "Municipal Music Conservatory" in Bruges . He organized a series of folk concerts in Bruges and was also conductor of the "Concerts populaires" and "Musique Classique" in Brussels. Already in July 1871 after he filed a conflict with the Bruges city council resigned. Just as he was Karel Miry, Flemish movement because of his conviction, not in 1871 as director of the Royal Conservatory in Ghent appointed. He then left the country and was active in several years include The Hague , Cherbourg , Boulogne-sur-Mer , Dijon , Douai , Issoudun , Fecamp and Lille . After his return to Belgium, he became conductor of the orchestra of the " Grand Theatre "in Ghe

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