Forbidden Music Regained


Leo Smit Stichting
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Vier gemengde koren a cappella opus 34

By Géza Frid

genre
Vocal music
instrumentation
Mixed choir
duration
11 minutes
year
1951
location of manuscript
www.nederlandsmuziekinstituut.nl archive registration number 304/109
dedication

Dedicated to the “Nederlands Kamerkoor” and its conductor Felix de Nobel

Details

Amsterdam

About Géza Frid

Géza Frid

The Hungarian Géza Frid was one of the key figures in the post-war Dutch music world. To escape the dictatorship of his country of origin, he fled to the Netherlands in 1927. He always remained true to the musical language of his roots. As of 1941, Frid as a stateless Jew, was prohibited from performing in public. He became involved in illegal activities and the artists' resistance movement, and it's a miracle he survived the war. After the liberation, he resumed his life as an artist. For years he was one of the most frequently performed composers in the Netherlands. Since the turn of the twentieth century there was even a sort of “Frid-Renaissance.”

by Arthur Frid