Julius De Geyter (Lede, 25 April 1830 – Antwerp, 18 February 1905) was a Belgian writer. He started his career as a teacher and journalist. In 1874, he became director of the Bank van Lening in Antwerp. Together with J.F.J. Heremans and E. Zetternam he founded the literary illustrated magazine "De Vlaamsche School" , which existed from 1855 until 1862. Together with his friend Julius Vuylsteke he was one of the most important political poets of his time and he was one of the leaders of the Flemish movement. Julius de Geyter is the author of many romantic and poltical poems, which were mostly rhetorical and sometimes anticlerical. He wrote also to the texts of several cantatas of Peter Benoit, such as the Rubenscantate in 1877. In 1874, he also rewrote the text of Reinaert de Vos in rhyme. April 25 is the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (116th in leap years). ... Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix commemorates the July Revolution 1830 (MDCCCXXX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... For other uses, see Antwerp (disambiguation). ... February 18 is the 49th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ... Year 1874 (MDCCCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link with display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1855 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The Flemish movement (Dutch: Vlaamse Beweging) is a popular term used to describe the political movement for greater autonomy of the Belgian region of Flanders, for protection of the Dutch language in Flanders, and for protection of the Flemish culture. ... Rhetoric (from Greek ρητωρ, rhêtôr, orator) is one of the three original liberal arts or trivium (the other members are dialectic and grammar). ... Anti-clericalism is a movement that opposes religious interference into public and political life and more generally the encroachment of religion in the citizens lives. ... Peter Benoit (born August 17, 1834, died March 8, 1901) was a Belgian composer and a music teacher. ... 1877 (MDCCCLXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... A rhyme is a repetition of identical or similar terminal sounds in two or more different words and is most often used in poetry. ...

Bibliography

• Bloemen op het graf (1857)
• Drie menschen van in de wieg tot in het graf (poetry, 1861)
• Uit het studentenleven (poetry, 1868)
• Reinaert de Vos (re-rhyming, 1874)
• Vlaanderens kunstroem (Rubenscantate, 1877)
• De wereld in (1878)
• De genius des vaderlands (1880)
• De Rijn (cantata, 1882)
• Keizer Karel en het Rijk der Nederlanden (poetry, 1888)
• Volledige werken (1907-1909)

A cantata (Italian, sung) is a vocal composition accompanied by instruments and generally containing more than one movement. ...

See also

• Flemish literature

Flemish Literature is literature from Flanders. ...

Source

• Verschaeren, José, Julius de Geyter, Nieuwe Encyclopedie van de Vlaamse Beweging. Tielt: Lannoo, 1998.