Frédéric Devreese

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist

Frédéric Devreese was a Belgian composer and conductor, son of the composer Godfried Devreese. He studied in Mechelen, Brussels and Rome and worked for a long time at the Belgian broadcasting organisation. His most important film work was done for the director André Delvaux, the founder of Belgian magical realism. That began with De man die zijn haar kort liet knippen (1966) and continued with Un soir, un train (1968), Benvenuta (1983) and L'oeuvre au noir (1988). Devreese wrote lyrical, tonal orchestral music with dance forms such as the waltz, tango and habanera. His music helps to create Delvaux's dreamlike atmosphere, in which reality and imagination run into one another.

Listening

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  Belle: Prelude · Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra & Frédéric Devreese, 1973
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  Belle: Fagnes Du Nord · Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra & Frédéric Devreese, 1973

Discography

Studio albums

• 1993Piano Concertos nos. 2, 3 and 4
• 1994Soundtrack: Dances, Divertimenti and Preludes
• 1995Piano Concerto / Flute Concerto
• 1995Piano Concertos nos. 1 & 2
• 1995Symphony in G / Violin Concerto / Dahomeyan Rhapsody
• 1995Symphony no. 1 / Poème Héroique / In Memoriam
• 1995Tombelène / Violin Concerto no. 1 / Cello Concertino
• 1996Symphonies Nos. 3, 5 and 7 / Tarentelle
• 1999Gemini: Orchestral & Piano Works
• 2000The Sea / Mélodies Ecossaises
• 2006Passage

Other work

• 1966De man die zijn haar kort liet knippen
• 1968Un soir, un train
• 1983Benvenuta

In School of Rock

The chapters, maps and magazine stories of School of Rock are currently available in Dutch only.

• Film Music Map^NL Map
• The Dream Factory: Film Reel 3^NL Reader

Mentioned in other articles

• Dutch and Flemish film music GenreIn 1966 the director André Delvaux and the composer Frédéric Devreese began their collaboration with De man die zijn haar kort liet knippen.

See also

• Dutch and Flemish film music