JONGEN, Joseph
b Liege, 14 December 1873
d Sart-Lez Spa, Liege, 12 July 1953, aged seventy-nine
He studied at the Liege Conservatory, winning the Prix de Rome in 1897. From 1891 to 1898 he was assistant professor of counterpoint at Liege, becoming professor of harmony in 1903. He lived in England during World War I, and in 1919 resumed his teaching post in Liege. In 1920 he became professor of counterpoint and fugue at the Brussels Conservatory, and was director there until 1939.
1893-1905 (20-32)
Piano Trio in B minor
Violin Sonata No 1 in D major
1894 (21)
p String Quartet No 1 in C minor
1898 (25)
Fantaisie, for violin and orchestra
1899 (26)
Symphony
Violin Concerto
1902 (29)
Fantaisie sur deux Noels wallons, for orchestra
Piano Quartet in Eb major
1904 (31)
Lalla Rookh, symphonic poem
1907 (34)
Félyane, opera (unfinished)
after 1905 and before 1909 Piano Trio in F sharp minor
1909 (36)
Violin Sonata No 2 in E major
1911 (38)
S'Arka, ballet
Cello Sonata (1911-12)
1912 (39)
Deux rondes wallons, for orchestra
1913 (40)
Impressions d'Ardennes, for orchestra
1915 (42)
Suites en deux parties, for viola and orchestra
1916 (43)
String Quartet No 2 in A major
1917 (44)
Tableaux pittoresques, for orchestra
1918 (45)
p Sérénade Tendre and Sérenade Triste, for string quartet
1919 (46)
Poeme heroique, for violin and orchestra
1922 (49)
Rhapsody, for piano, flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon
1928 (55)
Piece symphonique, for piano and orchestra
1929 (56)
Passacaille et Gigue, for orchestra
Suite for viola and orchestra
1930 (57)
Sonata Eroica
1933 (60)
La Légende de Saint-Nicholas, for children's choir and orchestra
Symphonie Concertante, for organ and orchestra
1936 (63)
Triptyque, three suites for orchestra
1938 (65)
Hymne a la Meuse, for chorus and orchestra
1939 (66)
Ouverture-Fanfare, for orchestra
1941 (68)
La-cigale et le fourmi, for children's chorus
Ouverture de fete, for orchestra
1943 (70)
Piano Concerto
1944 (71)
Bourrée, for orchestra
Jongen also composed: Concerto for harp, Concerto for wind quintet