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Sinfonia VII - Sinfonia Concertante

By Lex van Delden

genre
Chamber music
instrumentation
Wind ensemble (2-12 players) (11 Wind)
duration
22 minutes
year
1964
location of manuscript
http://www.nederlandsmuziekinstituut.nl archive registration number: 238/117
status
published score
Floricor Editions, Aufhofen, Germany
dedication

For Thom de Klerk and his Nethelands Wind Ensemble

Details

opus 83
per 11 instrumenti a fiato
Amsterdam, 29-06-1964

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About Lex van Delden

(09/10/1919 - 07/01/1988)
Lex van Delden

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