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Concerto per Violino, Strumenti a fiato e Percussione

By Lex van Delden

genre
Orchestra
instrumentation
Violin and large ensemble (2333 4000 perc vl-solo)
duration
17 minutes
year
1978
location of manuscript
http://www.nederlandsmuziekinstituut.nl archive registration number: 238/138
status
published score
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dedication

Commissioned by the Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst

Details

opus 104
 

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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