Partita Piccola

By Lex van Delden

genre: Vocal music
instrumentation: Mixed choir (GK4)
duration: 10 minutes
year: 1949
location of manuscript: http://www.nederlandsmuziekinstituut.nl archive registration number: 238/054
status: published score
Edition Peters, New York
dedication: Didicated to Felix de Nobel and his Netherlands Chamber Choir

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opus 23
Kleine Suite per coro

About Lex van Delden

(09/10/1919 - 07/01/1988)

During World War II, Alexander Zwaap had to cover his identity by living under an alias. As of 1953, he legally changed his name to Lex van Delden. His life story is impressive considering the traumatic events he experienced in the war years. A past of which he never spoke, and which he knew to overcome with tremendous courage and resilience. Music was for him a “transfer medium between people.” He literally practiced this with his compositions. Van Delden was a great advocate of Dutch music and held several board positions in the Dutch music world.

by Margaret Krill