Forbidden Music Regained


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Fiat lux

By Israel Olman

genre
Vocal music
instrumentation
Male choir (TB)
year
1952
dedication

Tram Choir "Kunst en Broederschap" and their conductor Karel Böhne

Details

Words by Guido Gezelle

not dated

Het Tramkoor "Kunst en Broederschap" te Amsterdam en zijn eminente dirigent Karel Böhne - ter gelegenheid van het 40-jarig bestaan der vereniging - vriendschappelijk opgedragen

First performance

Mar 29, 1952 Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the choir in the Main Hall of the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, conductor Karel Böhne

Images

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 The world had changed and his musical idiom had become outdated.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