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Forbidden Music Regained : Volume 2
Genre:
Onbekend
Amsterdam : voor mezzo-sopraan of bariton en orkest, 1967 / [woorden en muziek] Alexander Voormolen
Genre:
Vocaal
Subgenre:
Zangstem en orkest
Bezetting:
medium 3332 4000 perc cel hp str
Ode : per contralto e orchestra / [testo] Bert Voeten, Henri Zagwijn
Genre:
Vocaal
Subgenre:
Zangstem en orkest
Bezetting:
alt 2322 4210 timp 2perc str
Genre:
Vocaal
Subgenre:
Zangstem en orkest
Bezetting:
high 2232 4000 timp hp str(vl vla vc)
compositie
Die Insel der Vergessenheit : for voice and orchestra / Rosy Wertheim; words by Anna Ritter
Auteur(s):
Leo Smit Stichting
(Partner)
Wertheim, Rosy
(Componist)
Toelichting:
The series 'Forbidden Music Regained' proudly presents works by composers who were persecuted during the Second World War. Performances of these works were forbidden during the war. Many composers were imprisoned, several did not survive and others went into hiding.
After the war a new generation took over. The pre-war composers were soon forgotten and their compositions remained hidden in closets and archives or fell otherwise into oblivion. In recent decades numerous works have been rediscovered through the efforts of the Leo Smit Foundation. Some scores were found in attics, others in a garden shed and a pile of music was found by young children next to a garbage can. These compositions are of a high quality and deserve to be performed again. The diversity of styles represents the entire spectrum of the first half of the Twentieth century: romanticism, impressionism, modernism, neoclassicism, jazz, and so forth. This project aims to encourage musicians, young and old, from across the globe to perform these compositions, and for concert audiences to (once again) become acquainted with this ‘unheard’ music.