Ouverture voor een feestdag / Preludio per un giorno festoso

By Lex van Delden

genre: Orchestra
instrumentation: Orchestra (3333 4331 timp perc cel xyl hp str)
duration: 10 minutes
year: 1958
location of manuscript: http://www.nederlandsmuziekinstituut.nl archive registration number: 238/092
status: published score
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dedication: Commissioned by the Vara

Details

opus 60
Amsterdam, Febr. 11, 1958

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