Sonnet voor mezzo-sopraan en orkest op. 9

By Marius Flothuis

genre: Vocal music
instrumentation: Voice and orchestra (sopr-m 2232 3330 timp perc pf str)
duration: 9 minutes
year: 1940
location of manuscript: www.nederlandsmuziekinstituut.nl archive registration number 351/008 (351/114)
status: published score
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dedication: For Hans Gruys

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Words by Ernst Toller

Amsterdam 1939-1940

About Marius Flothuis

Marius Flothuis led an eventful life. Early on, he was politically aware and left-wing orientated. He lost his job at the Concertgebouw Orchestra on his refusal to register with the Kultuurkamer, a regulatory cultural agency installed by the German occupying forces during World War II. He was arrested for his resistance work, imprisoned in Camp Vught and deported to Sachsenhausen in 1944. Meanwhile, he continued composing and survived the hardships. In the postwar Dutch and international music worlds he held numerous positions.

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