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Zwei malayische Lieder Op. 24

By Paul Seelig

genre
Vocal music
instrumentation
Voice and piano (voice pf)
year
1914
status
published score
www.nederlandsmuziekinstituut.nl catalogue application number MNmfI/0775
dedication

Dedicated to Eva Gauthier

Details

Two Malaysian songs Op. 24

1. Kupu kupu
2. Pakai chinchin

Words in Malaysian and German (translated by Hedwig Kaupisch)

Originally published by Matatani Bandung

About Paul Seelig

(? - 06/12/1945)
Paul Seelig

Paul Seelig lived most of his life on the island of Java, but he made trips to Europe, America, Australia, Japan and Siam. He had a music business in Bandung. In his music he combined Eastern and Western elements. He developed into a renowned composer and was programmed at the Wiener Festwochen and many other venues. During the war he remained on Java, at that time Dutch territory, while his other family members lived in the Netherlands. In 1943, he was interned in a camp where he died on June 12, 1945. Many of his manuscripts and compositions were lost.

by Henk Mak van Dijk