Ik wil mij gaan vertroosten
By Carel Jacobs
Details
traditional Dutch text
First performance
Sep 1, 1937 Mixed choir Soli Deo Gloria from Nijverdal, performed 'after the summer break' in 1937
traditional Dutch text
Sep 1, 1937 Mixed choir Soli Deo Gloria from Nijverdal, performed 'after the summer break' in 1937
Carel Jacobs was an outstanding student at the Nederlandsche R.K. Kerkmuziekschool (Dutch Roman Catholic Church music school), where he studied composition with Johan Winnubst. Feeling unsafe as 'Vierteljude', he gave up his conducting classes with Carl Schuricht in Germany. During the war he helped many people in hiding and got caught and escaped twice. He conducted several choirs in the east of the Netherlands and became the director of the conservatory in Enschede. His compositions vary from chamber music to music for his own choirs.
by Dr. Hans van Dijk