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Fantasia quasi una cantata per 12 strumenti ad arco, clavicembalo e mezzo-soprano op. 71

By Marius Flothuis

genre
Vocal music
instrumentation
Voice and large ensemble (sopr-m cemb 7vl 2vla 2vc cb)
duration
6 minutes
year
1968
location of manuscript
www.nederlandsmuziekinstituut.nl archive registration number 351/065
status
published score
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dedication

Für Rudolf Baumgartner und die Festival Strings of Lucerne

Details

(Romansh) words by Andri Peer

Amsterdam

About Marius Flothuis

Marius Flothuis

Marius Flothuis led an eventful life. Early on, he was politically aware and left-wing orientated. He lost his job at the Concertgebouw Orchestra on his refusal to register with the Kultuurkamer, a regulatory cultural agency installed by the German occupying forces during World War II. He was arrested for his resistance work, imprisoned in Camp Vught and deported to Sachsenhausen in 1944. Meanwhile, he continued composing and survived the hardships. In the postwar Dutch and international music worlds he held numerous positions.

by Joyce Kiliaan