Words by Joachim de Bellay (1528-1577)
- Ceux qui sont amoureux
- A mon ami Panjas
For six part choir a cappella
See also: www.nederlandsmuziekinstituut.nl catalogue application number NMI 20940
His hometown Lemberg, in the Ukraine known as Lviv, and in Poland as Lwów, has a history of occupation by shifting powers. This is why the Germans had trouble figuring out Ignace Lilien's real identity; he survived the war with forged documents. He worked as a chemical engineer, but that didn’t stop him from composing a large oeuvre. His life was as varied as his music, with influences ranging from Polish modernism to South American rhythms and timbres.
by Frans van Ruth