Forbidden Music Regained


Leo Smit Stichting
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Improvisation

By Julius Hijman

genre
Vocal music
instrumentation
Voice and piano (voice pf)
year
1953

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Words by Alfred Kreymborg

About Julius Hijman

(01/25/1901 - 01/08/1969)
Julius Hijman

Julius Hijman's life centered around contemporary and Dutch music. Touring internationally, he presented the works of Dutch composers, and in the Netherlands he introduced new music from abroad. His own compositions were not always appreciated by his peers. He fled into exile in 1939 to America and was forgotten in his native country. The majority of his extensive oeuvre remains unpublished, awaiting performance.

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