Oscar Roels, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Oscar Roels

Belgian composer and conductor (1864-1938)

Date of Birth: 02-Nov-1864

Date of Death: 29-Oct-1938

Profession: composer, conductor

Nationality: Belgium

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Oscar August Roels (2 November 1864, in Ghent – 29 October 1939, in Ghent) was a Flemish composer and conductor. He was a student of Adolphe Samuel and Karel Miry at the Royal Conservatory of Ghent.
Later on, he became a teacher at this institute, where he also conducted its choir and orchestra.
As a student, he played the organ at the Jesuit church of Ghent, and later on he became an organist at the Saint-Barbaracollege.
As a conductor, he worked at the Royal Opera of Ghent and the Royal Dutch Theatre of Antwerp.
Aside of these, he also conducted several choir- and concert-societies of Ghent, including the Société Royale des Mélomanes. Roels oeuvre contains theater music, operettas, orchestral works, chamber music, songs, and pieces for organ.