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Sonata da Camera op. 17 voor fluit en piano

By Marius Flothuis

genre
Chamber music
instrumentation
Flute and keyboard instrument (fl pf)
duration
8 minutes
year
1943
location of manuscript
www.nederlandsmuziekinstituut.nl archive registration number 351/016 351/215a
status
published score
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dedication

Sonata da camera (“La prigioniera”) per flauto e pianoforte, per il natale della cara amice mia Henry Gompertz composta da me Marius Flothuis

Details

Cadenza
Sonatina
Lamento
Rondo alla francese

Composed while in captivity in KLH (Konzentrationslager Herzogenbusch)

There is another (different) work with the same name ‘Sonata da camera’ for flute and harp.

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About Marius Flothuis

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.

by Joyce Kiliaan