Three songs from Rabindranath Tagore's ‘The gardener’
Mit leidenschaftlichem Ausdruck, aber nicht zu schnell
Ruhig fliessend, mit Freiheiten
Ruhig fliessendes alla-breve
Words by Rabindranath Tagore
German translation by Hans Effenberger
+ piano reduction
Jan van Gilse received his musical education in Germany. His music developed into a synthesis of French impressionism and German romanticism. He became a popular conductor and one of the founders of the Society of Dutch composers (GeNeCo) and also the copyright organization BUMA. During the war, this socially engaged human being was fiercely anti-German. He had to pay a heavy price for his fighting spirit.
by dr. Hans van Dijk