Forbidden Music Regained


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Sommernacht

By Sem Dresden

genre
Chamber music
instrumentation
Voice and piano (alt pf)
year
1903
location of manuscript
www.nederlandsmuziekinstituut.nl archive registration number 047/088a 047/088b

Details

Words by Friedrich Bodenstedt

Song for alto voice with piano accompaniment

Berlin

About Sem Dresden

Sem Dresden

Despite his German-oriented teachers, Sem Dresden felt attracted early on to modern French music. He developed his own refined and sober style, composing his entire life. Dresden was of pivotal importance to Dutch musical life, working as a choral conductor and director of the conservatories in Amsterdam and The Hague. His legendary composition classes had a major impact during the interwar period.

by Geert van den Dungen