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Vrijheidscantate

By Israel Olman

genre
Vocal music
instrumentation
Mixed choir and piano (SATB sopr alt bar winds)
year
1913

Details

Freedom Cantata

for soprano, alto and baritone solo, mixed choir and children's choir

Words by W.H. Kirberger

Amsterdam, June 1913
includes orchestral parts

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 The world had changed and his musical idiom had become outdated.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