Uilenspiegel variaties

By Marius Flothuis

genre: Orchestra
instrumentation: Violin and orchestra (3222 4330 timp perc (hp ad lib.) str 2vl-solo)
duration: 21 minutes
year: 1958
location of manuscript: www.nederlandsmuziekinstituut.nl archive registration number 351/183
status: published score
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Details

Part of 11 variations by different composers on the theme by Richard Strauss

For 2 solo violins and orchestra

At the occasion of the 20th jubilee of Theo Olof and Herman Krebbers

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.

by Joyce Kiliaan