#August de Boeck

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August de Boeck (1865-1937) - Cantilene for Violincello and Piano ·

Edmond Baeyens, cello

BRTN Philharmonic Orchestra · Fernand Terby · · · Robert Wasmuth

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Charles Buxton (1823)

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Rob Kent

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Brenda Vaccaro; actor (1939)

Kim Wilde; English pop singer (1960)

David Wilkie; Scottish artist (1785)

Owen Wilson; actor (1968)

Peta Wilson; actor (1970)

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Its all about the Tent

The Significance of Kerbogha’s Tent

Kerbogha’s tent would have arrived by the time the council began. The Hystoria de via et recuperatione Antiochae atque Ierusolymarum states that the tent was sent to Bari by sea and left Antioch straight after the battle, on the 28th of June (D’Angelo, 2009: 89, chap. 13.57). The council opened at the beginning of October and three months would have been ample time for such a journey, especially given that the summer months were optimal for sailing (Eadmer, 1964: 108–14; Protospatarius, 1724: 197). John Pryor (1992: 117) has shown that commercial vessels were able to travel from the West to the Holy Land and back within a single sailing season (from March until late autumn), sometimes setting out as late as early August and still making it back to their home port before winter. Because of the prevailing winds in the Mediterranean, it was always slower to travel from East to West than vice versa. However, a journey from the Eastern Mediterranean to Italy could have been made comfortably within three months. In the 12th century, most voyages between the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem and the ports of Italy took between four and eight weeks (Menache, 1996: 151, note 34). In the 9th century, Bernard the Monk travelled from Jaffa to Rome in 60 days (Wilkinson, 2002: 268), and Frederick II made a similar voyage in the summer of 1229, from Acre to Brindisi, in 40 days (Menache, 1996: 151). When the news of Bohemond’s great victory at Antioch reached Bari, together with the impressive tent that he had taken from his enemy, it must have caused excitement that would have been heightened by the arrival of Urban II, the instigator of the crusade. It is easy and logical to imagine that the tent would have been displayed in the church during and after the council. Eadmer tells us that the council took place ‘before the body of St Nicholas’, which might imply that it was held in the crypt, but that is impossible (Eadmer, 1964: 108–14). The crypt is nowhere near large enough to accommodate all the delegates, who must have numbered at least 200. Probably the discussions were held in the upper church, begun nine years earlier. Although the structure may have been in place, it is doubtful that the church was much more than a shell. All additional ornament would have been welcome. Although we have no evidence of how the tent was used in Bari, it is interesting to speculate. Perhaps the tent was erected in the space of the nave or outside the church, in order to provide a temporary shelter for the council. Another possibility is that it was cut up and used as carpeting or wall hangings within the half-finished building.

The symbolic value of Bohemond’s donation can be contextualised with other examples of tents being used as gifts. During the crusaders’ stay in Constantinople in June of 1097, before they travelled into the Holy Land, they were required to pay homage to the emperor. Bohemond’s nephew Tancred was more reluctant to comply than the others, but did so, begrudgingly. After he had sworn the oath of allegiance, Emperor Alexius offered him a gift of his choice, expecting that Tancred would ask for gold or something of monetary value. Instead, Tancred requested the emperor’s tent, despite the fact that it was cumbersome, requiring 20 camels to move, and would have been a hindrance to Tancred on the crusade. Alexius was very angry and refused. The tent was perceived to be akin to the emperor’s palace, and the request was seen as symbolic of Tancred’s ambition to usurp the emperor, who stated that the tent was part of his insignia and responded, ‘he desires nothing other than my palace, which is unique in the world. What more can he ask except to take the diadem off my head and place it on his own?’ (Ralph of Caen, 2005: chap. 18). A second illuminating parallel comes from a century later. During the Battle of Navas de Tolosa in 1212, King Alfonso VIII of Castile captured the tent of the Almohad caliph, al-Nasir. Alfonso donated part of the tent to the Abbey of Las Huelgas de Burgos and the other part to Pope Innocent III, along with the caliph’s lance, standard and a letter describing the battle (Ali-de-Unzaga, 2014). The pope ordered that the letter be read publicly in Rome, and the standard was hung in St Peter’s Basilica (O’Callaghan, 2003: 72). These two examples demonstrate the significance of the tent in medieval culture as highly symbolic of kingship. The Spanish example also shows the importance of donations to churches. It seems likely that the arrival of Kerbogha’s tent in Bari would have been similar to the arrival of al-Nasir’s tent in Rome: it would have been accompanied by a description of Bohemond’s victory that would have been read aloud during the council, in the presence of the pope, and the tent itself would have been displayed in the church.

Figure 7

The Fall of Antioch in 969 from the Chronicle of John Skylitzes, cod. Vitr. 26–2, fol. 153, Madrid National Library. By Unknown, 12th/13th century author [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons. Available at: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/Fall_of_Antioch_in_969.png (Last accessed 1 May 2018).

What Did Kerbogha’s Tent Look Like?

Frustratingly for art historians, Fulcher of Chartres and Albert of Aachen tell us only that the tent was an impressive, large, fairly complex structure and that at least part of it was made of multicoloured silk. Therefore, we must look at examples of other medieval tents to attempt a reconstruction. Most tents in the central Middle Ages seem to have been circular bell tents, with a pole through the centre. Seljuq tents like Kerbogha’s were usually domed pavilions of this type (Redford, 2012). This kind of tent can be seen in multiple images in the Madrid Skylitzes manuscript (Codex Matrit Bib. Nat. Vitr. 26.2), which is an illuminated copy of a Byzantine chronicle, full of military scenes, produced in the Sicilian royal chancery during the reign of King Roger II (Boeck, 2015; Cavallo, 1982: 35–6). The manuscript depicts 33 circular bell tents, all decorated with curved bands of ornament, either at the top, bottom or halfway up the sides (Figure 7). Both Byzantine and Arab tents are represented, and although the Arab tents are slightly more ornate, there is no difference between the two (Mullett, 2013: 277).  The tents of prominent Islamic military leaders like Kerbogha were richly decorated with animals, ornamental designs and sometimes figurative and narrative scenes (Golombek, 1988: 31–2). Both Byzantine and Arab tents were sometimes embroidered with inscriptions, and sometimes with poetry or good wishes for the owner (Mullett, 2013: 277). Jeffrey Anderson and Michael Jeffreys (1994) have suggested that short poems were sometimes embroidered onto tents. We have two excellent examples of Arabic and pseudo-Arabic inscriptions on circular tents, both from 13th century manuscripts. Al Hariri’s Maqamat (St Petersburg Institute for Oriental Studies ms c-23, folio 43b), painted in Baghdad in the 1220s, depicts a pilgrimage scene with two inscribed tents (Figure 8). The tent on the right has an inscription running around the top of the tent, where the roof joins the side. The tent on the left has a pseudo-inscription in the same position. Another example can be seen in Alfonso X of Castile’s Book of Games, which features a scene in which two figures play chess within a tent inscribed with a band of Arabic. Therefore, it is entirely plausible that Kerbogha’s tent (or part of the complex structure that made up the ‘tent city’) was circular and that the hem of the fabric was decorated with a pseudo-Arabic motif, like the one we find on the semi-circular mosaic pavement at San Nicola.

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May 09 in Music History

1707 Death of organist and composer Dietrich Buxtehude in Lubeck.

1740 Birth of Italian composer Giovanni Paisello in Taranto.

1745 Death of Italian composer Tomaso Antonio Vitali in Modena.

1755 FP of T. Arne's "Britannia" London.

1757 FP of Egk's "Der Revisor" Schwetzinger.

1770 Death of English composer, conductor Charles Avison.

1791 Death of American composer Francis Hopkinson.

1799 Death of French composer Claude Balbastre.

1807 FP of Isouard's "Rendez-vous de classe moyen" Paris.

1812 FP of Rossini's operaLa Scala di Seta 'Silken Ladder' in Venice.

1814 Birth of German pianist, composer Adolph Von Henselt. 1829 Birth of composer Ciro Pinsuti.

1833 Birth of composer Boleslaw Dembinski.

1846 Birth of Russian composer Nikolai Soloviev in Schwabach.

1855 Birth of German composer Julius Röntgen in Leipzig. 

1857 FP of Carafa's "Sangarido" Paris.

1865 Birth of Belgian composer August de Boeck in Merchtem. 

1868 FP of Anton Bruckner's First Symphony. Composer conducting in Linz. 1878 Birth of Italian impresario Fortune Gallo in Torremaggiore.

1892 Birth of composer Eric Westberg.

1896 Birth of Czech composer Jan Fiser in Hronek.

1905 Death of Austrian pianist and composer Ernst Pauer.

1914 Birth of Italian conductor Carlo Maria Giulini in Barletta, Italy. 

1924 FP of Richard Strauss's ballet Schlagobers 'Whipped Cream' in Vienna.

1929 Birth of English tenor Nigel Douglas.

1930 Birth of German composer Wolfgang Bottenberg in Frankfurt.

1936 Birth of Canadian composer Bruce Mather in Toronto.

1950 Birth of French pianist Michel Beroff in Epinal, Vosges.

1950 FP of Dello Joio's "The Triumph of St. Joan" Bronxville, NY.

1951 FP, staged, of Pizzetti's "Ifigenia" Florence.

1952 Birth of Scottish mezzo-soprano Linda Finnie. 1955 Birth of Swedish soprano Anne Sofie von Otter.

1957 FP of Chávez' "The Visitors" 1st produced in English, NY. 

1961 Birth of English soprano Alison Hagley. 1961 FP of the first serious music work to be composed for the synthesizer of Robert Moog. Composer Milton Babbitt performing.

1965 Pianist Vladimir Horowitz returns to the concert stage in New York City after a twelve-year performing break, at Carnegie Hall in New York City. The audience applauded with a standing ovation that lasted for 30 minutes.

1970 FP of Bucchi's "Il coccodrillo" Florence.

1981 FP of Christopher Rouse's The Infernal Machine for orchestra aka second mmt of his Phantasmata. University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra, Gustav Meier conducting at the Evian Festival, France.

1986 FP of Ellen Taaffe Zwillich's Concerto Grosso based on Handel's Sonata in D. Handel Festival Orchestra of Washington, Stephen Simon conducting;

1990 FP of John Harbison's Words from Patterson. Texts by William Carlos Williams, with baritone William Sharp and the members of the New Jersey Chamber Music Society at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

1998 FP of John Tavener's Wake Up and Die at the Beauvais Cello Festival in Beavais, France.

1999 FP of Ellen Taaffe Zwillich's Upbeat!. National Symphony, Anthony Aibel conducting.

2004 FP of Michael Gordon´s Alarm Will Sound Merkin Concert Hall, NYC.

[lesser-known-composers]

August de Boeck (1865-1937) : Concerto for violin and orchestra (1929)

I. Allegro agitato 00:00-10:50 II. Andante 10:50-20:25 III. Allegro giocoso 20:25-26:30

Performed by Ning Kam (violin) and the Flemish Radio Orchestra conducted by Marc Soustrot.

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August de Boeck (1865-1929) - Violin Concerto in D minor

I. Allegro agitato 0:00 II. Andante 10:51 III. Allegro giocoso 20:23

Ning Kam, violin

Flemish Radio Symphony Orchestra Marc Soustrot, conductor

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August de Boeck (1865-1937) - Aria uit 'La Route d'Emeraude (Francesca)

Liesbeth Devos, soprano

Youth Orchestra "Jeugd en Muziek-Antwerpen" | Ivo Venkov

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August De Boeck (1865-1937)

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August de Boeck (1865 - 1937) - 7 Mélodies (1911-12/1915) (Jeanne Cuisinier)

00:00 1. Été / Summer 04:12 2. Sonnet 3. Mystère / Mystery 4. Éclosion / Bud Opening 5. Fidélité / Fidelity (March 1912) 6. Le Don / The Gift (Sept 1915) 7. Élégie / Elegy (Nov 7, 1915)

Nina Stemme, soprano Jozef de Beenhouwer, piano

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August de Boeck (1865-1937)- Symphony in G: Andante

Fabrice Bollon · Het Symfonieorkest van Vlaanderen

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Birthdays 11.18

Beer Birthdays

Charles Buxton (1823)

Florentinus De Boeck (1826)

Eugene Hack (1840)

Henry F. Hagemeister (1855)

Peter Hoey (1979)

Rob Kent

Robin Goldstein

Five Favorite Birthdays

Alan Moore; writer (1953)

Mickey Mouse; cartoon character (1928)

Graham Parker; rock singer, songwriter (1950)

Alan Shepard; astronaut (1923)

Carl Maria von Weber; composer (1786)

Famous Birthdays

Margaret Atwood; Canadian writer (1939)

Hank Ballard; singer, songwriter (1927)

Don Cherry; jazz trumpeter (1936)

Imogene Coca; actor, comedian (1908)

Louis Daguerre; photography pioneer (1789)

Dorothy Dix; journalist (1861)

Mike Epps; comedian (1970)

Linda Evans; actor (1942)

Alan Dean Foster; writer (1948)

George H. Gallup; pollster (1901)

W.S. Gilbert; English lyricist (1836)

Asa Gray; botanist (1810)

David Hemmings; English actor (1941)

August Kundt; German physicist (1839)

Wyndham Lewis; English artist (1882)

Delroy Lindo; actor (1952)

Johnny Mercer; songwriter (1909)

Kevin Nealon; comedian, actor (1953)

Eugene Ormandy; orchestra conductor (1899)

David Ortiz; Boston Red Sox 1B (1975)

Ignace Paderewski; pianist, composer (1860)

Elizabeth Perkins; actor (1960)

Chloe Sevigny; actor (1974)

Duncan Sheik; pop singer, songwriter (1969)

William Shenstone; Scottish writer (1714)

Sojourner Truth; abolitionist (1797)

Brenda Vaccaro; actor (1939)

Kim Wilde; English pop singer (1960)

David Wilkie; Scottish artist (1785)

Owen Wilson; actor (1968)

Peta Wilson; actor (1970)

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August de Boeck, De kleine Rijnkoning (The little King of the Rhine) (1906) Suite for Symphonic Orchestra after the opera De Rijndwergen (The Rhinedwarfs) 1.Inleiding en Treurmuziek (Introduction and Elegy) 2. Intermezzo 3. Epiloog (Epilogue) Flemish Radio Orchestra Marc Soustrot, conductor

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Aria uit 'La Route d'Emeraude (Francesca)' - August de Boeck 20th anniversary Phaedra CD   deSingel - Antwerp, October 28th, 2012 | www.phaedracd.com Liesbeth Devos, soprano Youth Orchestra "Jeugd en Muziek-Antwerpen" | Ivo Venkov

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August de Boeck (1865 - 1937) 7 Mélodies (1911-12/1915) (Jeanne Cuisinier) 00:00 1. Été / Summer 04:12 2. Sonnet 3. Mystère / Mystery 4. Éclosion / Bud Opening 5. Fidélité / Fidelity (March 1912) 6. Le Don / The Gift (Sept 1915) 7. Élégie / Elegy (Nov 7, 1915) Nina Stemme, soprano Jozef de Beenhouwer, piano 2003

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August De Boeck (1865-1937) (Belgique) Piano Concerto in C major (1929) Pianist : Jozef de Beenhouwer Dir : Fernand Terby 1- Moderato (8.00) 2- Scherzo -- Presto (5.43) 3- Allegro (7.01)

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August De Boeck -- Lied: 'Vrede', gezongen door Francine Lepage