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11. Martin Spanjaard

    Martin Spanjaard 1892

    100694 biografie (Zutphen, 2002) Vincent, Jo, Zingend door het Leven: Memoires van Jo Vincent (Amsterdam …

12. Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman

    Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman 1892

    100005 Unique self-taught professional Johanna Suzanna Hendrina Roepman was born in Rotterdam on August 4, 1892, the second of three daughters of pharmacist Maarten Adrianus Roepman and Elisabeth …

13. Daniel Belinfante

    Daniël Belinfante 1893

    100017 Avant-gardist in the Watergraafsmeer Belinfante was born in the Amsterdam neighborhood Watergraafsmeer on March 6, 1893, the third child in a family of ten. From his father Aron, a diamond …

14. Ferenc/Franz Weisz

    Franz Weisz 1893

    100693 “I’m not involved in politics; I have nothing to fear” Born in Budapest on August 2, 1893, Ferenc was the third son of Ignaz Weisz and Terezia Friedman. He was a musical prodigy; at the age …

15. Leo Kok

    Leo Kok 1893

    100711 Witness of an entire century Leo Kok was born in Amsterdam on November 24, 1893. His Portuguese-Jewish mother died during childbirth; his father died when he was eight years old. Perhaps …

16. Henriëtte Bosmans

    Henriëtte Bosmans 1895

    100018 Dutch soloist of international stature Henriette, an only child, was raised in a musical environment. Her father, Henri Bosmans (1856-1896), had been principal solo cellist of the newly …

17. Leo Smit

    Leo Smit 1900

    100000 The comfort of blithe notes Leo Smit came from a mixed Sephardic Ashkenazi family. His father, Rephaël Smit, was a wealthy shoe merchant descending from the Ashkenazi Smit family. The other …

18. Julius Hijman

    Julius Hijman 1901

    100028 Passionate advocate of new music Julius Hijman was born on January 25, 1901 in Almelo, at that time a town with a prosperous textile industry. His Jewish parents, the physician Leopold Hijman …

19. Philip Vlessing

    Philip Vlessing 1905

    102916 Philip Vlessing was born in IJmuiden, a fishery harbour town west of Amsterdam, on 12 May 1905. He received his first piano lessons from his father Sam Vlessing, a composer and conductor who owned …

20. Hans Lachman

    Hans Lachman 1906

    101117 Master arranger and musical all-rounder Heinz Lachmann was born in Berlin on March 7, 1906, son of Sigmund Lachmann, a physician and Emma Löwy, a pianist who had studied at the Stern …