Forbidden Music Regained


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Blijdschap

By Israel Olman

genre
Vocal music
instrumentation
Mixed choir (sopr SATB)
location of manuscript
http://www.nederlandsmuziekinstituut.nl archive registration number: NMI ABmf/2350-2351 (microfiche)
dedication

Wife and children of the composer

Details

Words by Guido Gezelle

Published by Alsbach, Amsterdam

About Israel Olman

(08/17/1883 - 05/08/1968)
Israel Olman

Up until World War II, Israel J. Olman had been a celebrated choral conductor and composer. He wrote synagogal music and also music for socialist choirs, to be performed at major singing competitions. His fame, in addition to the fact that he was married to a Catholic woman, offered him some protection during the war. In the post-war years his reputation as a composer diminished rapidly, creating financial difficulties. The world had changed and his musical idiom had become outdated.

by Pauline Micheels