sonatine I
By Nico Richter
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Amsterdam, 24 November 1934
Amsterdam, 24 November 1934
Almost all Nico Richter’s surviving compositions date from his student days. Most of them are ultrashort, inspired by Webern and Berg. As a student of medicine, he directed the student orchestra MUSA. He joined the resistance, was arrested in 1942 and sent to work in successive concentration camps. A physical wreck, he dictated his final composition on his deathbed just after liberation. His talent never reached full maturity.
by Dr. Julia Muller-van Santen