Peter Benoit Huis (literally ''Peter Benoit House'') is a museum in

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. The museum is dedicated to the work of the

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composer and musical educational theorist

Peter Benoit Peter Benoit (17 August 18348 March 1901) was a Flemish composer of Belgian nationality. Biography Petrus Leonardus Leopoldus Benoit was born in Harelbeke, Flanders, Belgium in 1834. He was taught music at an early age by his father and the vil ...

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Stedelijk Museum Peter Benoît
It was founded by Paul Vandebuerie, a composer from Harelbeke and collector in large part of the collection of the museum.Harelbeke
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In 2001 the concept of the museum was newly designed to an experience museum. Benoits history is staged by five female personalities that have played a crucial role in his life. As a result his life is being told from different angles. The characters are:Brochure of the museum
* Rosalie Monie, his mother from whom he learned to love music; * Julie Zoë Pfotzer, whom he met during his stay in Paris; * Flore Wantzel, the woman he married when he returned to

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; * Constance Teichmann, who inspired him in Antwerp for his religious work; * Agnes Mertens, his love until he died. In the museum a film can be seen and music can be heart, as well from him as from his colleague composers. One of his most renown music pieces is ''Phantasy 3''. It was played for years as the closing melody of the broadcaster

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. Near to the museum, the little birth house of Benoit can be visited. It gives an impression of the poor circumstances in which he was born. The museum hosts also a library with a variation of works on Benoit and a collection of 4,000

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