Beatrys - Beatrix: Opera in 3 acts after the drama “Ik Dien” (‘I serve’) by Herman Teirlinck
Jul. 1925 - Mei 1926
See also (piano reduction): www.nederlandsmuziekinstituut.nl catalogue application number MNmfIII/0553-0557
Antwerp 1928
His hometown Lemberg, in the Ukraine known as Lviv, and in Poland as Lwów, has a history of occupation by shifting powers. This is why the Germans had trouble figuring out Ignace Lilien's real identity; he survived the war with forged documents. He worked as a chemical engineer, but that didn’t stop him from composing a large oeuvre. His life was as varied as his music, with influences ranging from Polish modernism to South American rhythms and timbres.
by Frans van Ruth