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Leo Smit Stichting
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Bij die mijlpaal (eeufees 1938)

By Israel Olman

genre
Vocal music
instrumentation
Mixed choir and large ensemble (SATB 4hn 3tpt 3tbn tba pf (ad lib))
year
1946

Details

At this milestone (for the centenary of 1938)

Words by Th. Wassenaar - December 1946

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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 The world had changed and his musical idiom had become outdated.

by Pauline Micheels