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De bruid

By Leo Smit

genre
Chamber music
instrumentation
Female choir (sopr (2) mezzosopr (2) alt (2))
duration
3 minutes
year
1939
location of manuscript
www.nederlandsmuziekinstituut.nl aanvraagnummer 119/029
status
published score
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dedication

Karin Kwant-Törngren and the Utrecht Women's Choir

Details

Amsterdam, 8 October 1939. Text by Jan Prins

Images

DeBruid.jpg
DeBruid.jpg

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