Forbidden Music Regained


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Sonatine voor piano

By Simon Gokkes

genre
Chamber music
instrumentation
Piano (pf)
year
1939

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About Simon Gokkes

Simon Gokkes

Relatively little is known about the life of Simon Gokkes. Most of his compositions were lost during the war; in the preserved works his preference for Jewish and biblical themes is apparent. From a young age Gokkes worked as a choir and opera conductor. He rescued a number of operas from oblivion. He and his family were murdered in Auschwitz in 1943.

by Diet Scholten