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Forlane et Rondeau for orchestra

By Leo Smit

genre
Orchestra
instrumentation
Orchestra (2232 4330 timp perc cel hp str)
duration
7 minutes
year
1958
status
published score
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Details

Orchestration by Godfried Devreese (1958) and Bob Zimmerman of two movements of the Suite for piano

About Leo Smit

(05/14/1900 - 04/30/1943)
Leo Smit

1900 - 1943

His music sounds thoroughly French, with bright and blithe notes that seemingly flow easily from his pen. In reality, it took many years before his musical ideas were incorporated into his compositions. And however French it may sound, Leo Smit was in heart and soul hooked to Amsterdam and the Netherlands. His song for women's choir, De bruid (The bride), set to words by Jan Prins is a declaration of love: “The groom was the sunlight and Holland was his bride.” It also took years before his legacy would reach an international audience.

by Jurjen Vis