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Stedelijk Museum "Peter Benoit"

Stedelijk Museum "Peter Benoit"

Stedelijk Museum Peter Benoit, translated: City Museum Peter Benoit, is a museum in Harelbeke in West Flanders, Belgium.

The museum is dedicated to the work of the Flemish composer and musical educational theorist Peter Benoit (1834-1901).[1] It was founded by Paul Vandebuerie, a composer from Harelbeke and collector in large part of the collection of the museum.[2]

In 2001 the concept of the museum was newly designed to an experience museum.[1] 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:[3]

  • 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 Brussels;

  • Constance Teichmann, who inspired him in Antwerp for his religious work;

  • Agnes Mertens, his love until he died.[3]

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 BRT. 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.[1] The museum hosts also a library with a variation of works on Benoit and a collection of 4,000 folk songs.[2]

Stedelijk Museum Peter Benoit
Geboortehuis Peter Benoit (museum).jpg
Museum of Benoit
Stedelijk Museum "Peter Benoit" is located in Belgium
Stedelijk Museum "Peter Benoit"
Location within Belgium
LocationHarelbeke
Coordinates50°51′21.378″N 3°18′35.506″E [4]
Typebiographical museum
Collectionson Peter Benoit
FounderPaul Vandebuerie
CuratorPaul Vandebuerie
Websitewww.harelbeke.be/museum [5]

See also

  • List of museums in Belgium

  • List of music museums

References

[1]
Citation Linkwww.tento.beOpenbaar Kunstbezit Vlaanderen, Stedelijk Museum Peter Benoît (in Dutch)
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[2]
Citation Linkwww.harelbeke.beHarelbeke, museumcollectie (in Dutch)
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[3]
Citation Linkissuu.comBrochure of the museum (in Dutch)
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[4]
Citation Linktools.wmflabs.org50°51′21.378″N 3°18′35.506″E
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[5]
Citation Linkwww.harelbeke.bewww.harelbeke.be/museum
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[6]
Citation Linkwww.tento.beStedelijk Museum Peter Benoît
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[7]
Citation Linkwww.harelbeke.bemuseumcollectie
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[8]
Citation Linkissuu.comBrochure of the museum
Oct 8, 2019, 2:06 AM
[9]
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