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Die Insel der Vergessenheit

By Rosy Wertheim

genre
Vocal music
instrumentation
Voice and piano (all voices pf)
year
1922
location of manuscript
www.nederlandsmuziekinstituut.nl archive registration number 142/094
status
published score
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dedication

Jacoba Repelaer van Driel

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Words by Anna Ritter

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About Rosy Wertheim

(02/19/1888 - 05/27/1949)
Rosy Wertheim

Rosy Wertheim was one of the first Dutch women composers who completed a professional music education and gained international acclaim. Next to music, she was deeply committed to social causes. She lived in Paris for seven years, and for some time in Vienna and New York; her home was a meeting point for artists. Her compositions were performed nationally and internationally, and she worked as a correspondent for several newspapers and magazines. She was in the Netherlands when World War II broke out, and survived by going into hiding. She left a varied and interesting oeuvre of some eighty works.

by Eleonore Pameijer