See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

PETER LEONARD See also:

• LEOPOLD (M.H. Ger. Liupolt; O.H. Ger. Liupald, from hut, Mod. Ger. Leute, " people," and paid, " bold," i.e. " bold for the people ")

LEOPOLD See also:

• PETER LEONARD LEOPOLD BENOIT (1834—1901)

BENOIT (1834—1901)  , Flemish composer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 17th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1834 at Harlebeke in See also:

• FLANDERS (Flem. Vlaanderen)

Flanders . His See also:

• FATHER

father and a See also:

• LOCAL

local See also:

• VILLAGE

village organist were his first teachers . In 1851 See also:

• BENOIT, PETER LEONARD LEOPOLD (1834—1901)

Benoit entered the See also:

• BRUSSELS (Fr. Bruxelles, Flem. Brussel)

Brussels See also:

• CONSERVATOIRE (the Fr. equivalent of Ital. Conservatorio, Ger. Conservatorium, from Med. Lat. conservatorium, a place where anything is preserved, Lat. conservare, to preserve)

Conservatoire, where he remained till 1855, studying chiefly under F . J . See also:

• FETIS, FRANCOIS JOSEPH (1784–1871)

Fetis, During this See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period he composed See also:

• MUSIC

music to many melodramas, and to an See also:

• OPERA (Italian for " work ")

opera Le Village dans See also:

• LES

les montagnes for the See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

Park See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre, of which in 1856 he became conductor . He wona See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government See also:

• PRIZE, or PRIZE OF WAR (Fr. prise, from prendre, to take)

prize and a See also:

• MONEY

money See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

grant in 1857 by his See also:

• CANTATA (Italian for a song or story set to music)

cantata Le Meurtre d'See also:

• ABEL (better ABELL), THOMAS (d. 1540)
• ABEL (Hebrew for breath)
• ABEL, KARL FRIEDRICH (1725-1787)
• ABEL, NIELS HENRIK (1802-1829)
• ABEL, SIR FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, BART

Abel, and this enabled him to travel through See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany . In course of his journeyings he found See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time to write a considerable amount of music, as well as an See also:

• ESSAY, ESSAYIST (Fr. essai, Late Lat. exagium, a weighing or balance; exigere, to examine; the term in general meaning any trial or effort)

essay L'Ecole de musique flamande et son avenir . Fetis loudly praised his See also:

• HESSE
• HESSE (Lat. Hessia, Ger. Hessen)

Hesse solennelle, which Benoit produced at Brussels on his return from Germany . In 1861 he visited See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris for the See also:

• PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production of his opera Le Roi See also:

• DES

des Aulnes (" See also:

• ERLKONIG

Erlkonig "), which, though accepted by the Theatre Lyrique, was never mounted; while there he conducted at the Bouffes-Parisiens . Again returning See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home, he astonished a See also:

• SECTION
• SECTION (Lat. sectio, cutting, secare, to cut)

section of the musical See also:

• WORLD

world by the production at See also:

• ANTWERP
• ANTWERP (Fr. Anvers)

Antwerp of a sacred tetralogy, consisting of his Cantate de See also:

• NOEL, RODEN BERKELEY WRIOTHESLEY (1834-1894)

Noel, the above-mentioned See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

Mass, a Te Deum and a See also:

• REQUIEM

Requiem, in which were embodied to a large extent his theories of Flemish music . It was in consequence of his See also:

• PASSION (post-classical Lat. passio, formed from pati, passus, to suffer, endure)

passion for the See also:

• FOUNDING (from Lat. fundere, to pour)

founding of an entirely See also:

• SEPARATE

separate Flemish school that Benoit changed his name from See also:

• PIERRE

Pierre to See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

Peter . By prodigious efforts he succeeded in gathering See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round him a small See also:

• BAND

band of enthusiasts, who affected to see with him possibilities in the See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation of a school whose music should differ completely from that of the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French and See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools .

In its See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main features this school failed, for its faith was pinned to Benoit's music, which is hardly more Flemish than French or German . Benoit's more important compositions include the Flemish oratorios De Schelde and See also:

• LUCIFER (d. 370/1)
• LUCIFER (the Latinized form of Gr. 4scwo'4 bpos, " light-bearer ")

Lucifer, the latter of which met with See also:

• COMPLETE

complete failure on its production in See also:

• LONDON

London in 1888; the operas Het Dorp int Gebirgte and Isa, the See also:

• DRAMA (literally "action," from Gr. Snail, act or do)

Drama Christi; an enormous mass of songs, choruses, small cantatas and motets . Benoit also wrote a See also:

• GREAT

great number of essays on musical matters . He died at Antwerp on the 8th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1901 .