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Een lied van vreugde

By Israel Olman

genre
Vocal music
instrumentation
Mixed choir and instruments (SATB pf str)
year
1929
dedication

Jonas de Vries

Details

A song of Joy

For mixed choir, piano and strings - Amsterdam June 1929

Words by Selly de Jong

Dedicated to Jonas de Vries

Includes piano reduction

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 The world had changed and his musical idiom had become outdated.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