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Da pacem, Domine

By Israel Olman

genre
Vocal music
instrumentation
Male choir (TTBB)
year
1923
status
published score
published by Amstel's Werkman in 1923 http://www.nederlandsmuziekinstituut.nl archive registration number NMI MNmfII/1245 (microfiche)
dedication

Liedertafel 'Amstel's Werkman' en haar directeur George Robert

Details

International contest: on 28, 29 April; 6, 13, 19, 20 and 21 May at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam: on the occasion of the 35th Anniversary of Liedertafel 'Amstel's Werkman'

About Israel Olman

(08/17/1883 - 05/08/1968)
Israel Olman

Up until World War II, Israel J. Olman had been a celebrated choral conductor and composer. He wrote synagogal music and also music for socialist choirs, to be performed at major singing competitions. His fame, in addition to the fact that he was married to a Catholic woman, offered him some protection during the war. In the post-war years his reputation as a composer diminished rapidly, creating financial difficulties. The world had changed and his musical idiom had become outdated.

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