Georges Lonque (Ghent, 8 November 1900 – Brussels, 3 March 1967) was a Belgian composer, music teacher, conductor and violinist. His father was Séraphin Lonque and his younger brother was Armand Lonque. All three of them composed music.
Lonque received his first music teachings from his father, who taught the viola at the Royal Conservatory of Ghent. At the age of 11, he began his studies at this Conservatory, where he studied solfège (Oscar Roels), violin (Johan Smit), chamber music (Albert Zimmer), harmony (Léon Moeremans), counterpoint (Emile Mathieu) and fugue (Martin Lunssens). He won the Emile Mathieu prize in 1927 with his Sonate in Fis majeur for violin and piano. In 1927 and 1929, he competed in the Prix de Rome and won a second prize for his cantata Antigone.
Thanks to a grant by the Belgian government Lonque was able to travel through Germany, Austria and France to study music. During these travels he met composers such as Richard Strauss, Robert Heger and Gabriel Perné.
Lonque played the violin at the orchestra of the Royal Opera of Ghent (1914-1932). In 1935, he found the Foyer de la Musique de Chambre. He also conducted the Ghent Opera Concerts during the Second World War.
Lonque worked at the Royal Conservatory of Ghent (1924-1965). He also succeeded Karel De Sutter as director of the Music Academy of Ronse between 1938 and 1965.
He gained several prices for his musical output, among which a golden medal by the city of Paris for his activities in France.
1926 Impressions d'Hemelryck, op. 51926 La danse au clair de lune, for violin and orchestra, op. 71930 Aura, symphonic poem, op. 131933 Wiener Walzer, op. 171934 Poème de la Mer, for orchestra, op. 191935 Images d'Orient, for alto saxophone and orchestra, op. 201939 Porcelaines de Saxe, op. 251943 Prélude e Aria, for cello and orchestra, op. 301944 Estrella, for violin and orchestra, op. 371948 Concert in b mineur, for violin and orchestra, op. 40Masses and liturgical music
1941 Missa pro Pace, for tenor, male choir and orchestra (or organ)1941 Benedictus Deus, for tenor, mixed choir (ad libitum) and organ, op. 271927 Le Rossignol, for solo voices, mixed choir and orchestra, op. 81929 Antigone, for solo voices, mixed choir and orchestra, op. 121924 Je n'ai pas oublié, for soprano and piano, op. 2 - text: Charles Baudelaire1924 Vos yeux, for soprano and piano, op. 3 - text: Charles Le Goffic1932 Au gré des vents, for voice and piano, op. 16 - text: Andrée Dupont1933 Dernières feuilles, for contra-alto (or bariton) and piano, op. 18 - text: Armand Silvestre1933 Faune, for soprano and piano, op. 21 - text: Georges Marlow1957 La question, for soprano and piano, op. 46 - text: Jacques Bastian1957 Portrait, for voice and piano, op. 47 - text: Jacques Bastian1925 Sonate in Fis majeur, for violin and piano1930 Caprice, for violin and piano, op. 141930 Images d'orient, for alto saxophone (or viola) and piano1937 Strijkkwartet in f mineur, op. 241943 Prélude et aria, for cello and piano, op. 301950 Afgoden - Idoles, for clarinet and piano, op. 41Poème de la mer, for violin and piano, op. 191924 Chanson à bercer, op. 11929 Danse espagnole - Spaanse dans, op. 101929 Nuits d'automne - Herfstnacht, op. 111939 Sonatine in D majeur, op. 321942 Danse mauresque - Moorse dans, op. 291945 Sonatine in G majeur, op. 361947 Capitaine Pimpol, op. 391952 Voilier - Zeilboot, op. 421955 Nocturne, op. 451952 Tableaux d'une chambre bleue, op. 43
