Tij en Ontij

By Lex van Delden

genre: Orchestra
instrumentation: Orchestra (2222 2200 timp perc str)
duration: 18 minutes
year: 1956
location of manuscript: http://www.nederlandsmuziekinstituut.nl archive registration number: 238/083
status: published score
order full score here
dedication: Commissioned by Kunstmaand Amsterdam, for the Netherlands Ballet

Details

opus 52
Ballet music for orchestra
Also in a version for two piano's

About Lex van Delden

(09/10/1919 - 07/01/1988)

During World War II, Alexander Zwaap had to cover his identity by living under an alias. As of 1953, he legally changed his name to Lex van Delden. His life story is impressive considering the traumatic events he experienced in the war years. A past of which he never spoke, and which he knew to overcome with tremendous courage and resilience. Music was for him a “transfer medium between people.” He literally practiced this with his compositions. Van Delden was a great advocate of Dutch music and held several board positions in the Dutch music world.

by Margaret Krill