Forbidden Music Regained


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Wenn ich ein Vöglein wär?

By Sem Dresden

genre
Chamber music
instrumentation
Voice and piano (voice pf)
year
1906
location of manuscript
www.nederlandsmuziekinstituut.nl archive registration number 047/102a1 047/102a2 047/102b 047/102c

Details

Words from ‘des Knaben Wunderhorn’

Amsterdam

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