Oscar August Roels (2 November 1864, in Ghent – 29 October 1938, in Ghent) was a Flemish composer and conductor. He was a student of

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at the Royal Conservatory of Ghent. Later on, he became a teacher at this institute, where he also conducted its choir and orchestra. As a student, he played the organ at the Jesuit church of Ghent, and later on he became an organist at the Saint-Barbaracollege. As a conductor, he worked at the Royal Opera of Ghent and the Royal Dutch Theatre of

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. Aside of these, he also conducted several choir- and concert-societies of Ghent, including the ''Société Royale des Mélomanes''. Roels oeuvre contains theater music,

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s, orchestral works, chamber music, songs, and pieces for organ.

Honours

* 1919 : Officer of the

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.Royal Decree of H.M. King Albert I on 14.11.1919

List of works

Het klooster van Sint-Arjaan - Daar reed een boer naar Leuven

*''Sonata'' for viola and piano (1927) *''De Vlaamsche Nacht'' *''Zangersgroet'' *''Pinksternacht'' *''De witte kaproenen'' *''Clodwig en Clothildis'' *''Achter 't slot''

References

Sources

*Jan Dewilde
Biography at SVM
1864 births 1939 deaths Belgian classical composers Belgian male classical composers {{Belgium-composer-stub