Peter or Pieter Vanderghinste or Van der Ghinste (Kortrijk, 20 November 1789 - Kortrijk, 22 October 1860) was a Flemish composer who worked in United Kingdom of the Netherlands. Biography at Compositeurs de Belgique
Pieter Vanderghinste composed both religious and worldly music, such as motets and romances. He also composed a Dutch language opera titled Het Pruisisch soldatenkwartier, which uses a libretto by the rederijker J.B. Hofman. The première took place in Kortrijk in 1816. The sheet music of this opera was only partly recovered.Hendrik Willaert & Jan Dewilde, Het lied in ziel en mond – 150 jaar muziekleven en Vlaamse Beweging, Lannoo, Tielt, 1987, , blz 16 Hugo Riemann, Opern-handbuch, Georg Olms Verlag, 1979, , 9783487068237, blz. 446August L. Baeyens, Vlaamse Opera-Kunst, in De Vlaamse muziek sedert Benoit, o.r.v. Dr. A. Corbet, Speciaal nummer der V.E.V.-berichten, Uitgave van het Vlaams Economisch Verbond, 1951, blz. 75
Inspired by a travelling German company, Vanderghinste founded a choir company in 1817 in Kortrijk. This is the first choir of its kind that we know of in Flanders.Hendrik Willaert & Jan Dewilde, Het lied in ziel en mond – 150 jaar muziekleven en Vlaamse Beweging, Lannoo, Tielt, 1987, , blz 13
The father of the famous Flemish composer Peter Benoit used to play music by Vanderghinste, next to big international names, in the orchestra of Harelbeke, in which he played the violin. Renaat van Beeck, Conscience leerde zijn volk lezen, Benoit leerde zijn volk zingen in Bormshuis-Broederband, Jrg. 41, nr. 6, november-december 2004, blz. 9] Peter Benoit is thought to have had some contacts with the composer between 1847 and 1851, while he was studying with the pianist-organist Pieter Carlier, who lived in Desselgem. Jan Dewilde, in Biografie Peter Benoit, at SVM (www.svm.be)
References
Maddens, J. and Maddens, K.: Pieter Vanderghinste, in Vlaanderen, November 1966, p. 378-381. Works by Pieter Vanderghinste in the Royal Library of Belgium.