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151. Jan van Gilse

     Jan van Gilse 1881

     100024 A turbulent life between sword and lyre Jan Pieter Hendrik van Gilse was born in Rotterdam on May 11, 1881, the youngest son of Jan Albert van Gilse and Maria Auguste Höckelmann. He had two …

152. Paul Sanders

     Paul Sanders 1891

     102805 All-round musician and political visionary Paul Florus Sanders was born on December 21, 1891, the son of Rosalie Sanders-Levenbach and Benjamin Sanders, an Amsterdam-based stockbroker. His …

153. Ignace Lilien

     Ignace Lilien 1897

     100747 Cosmopolitan in a boundless musical universe Ignace Lilien was born on May 29, 1897, in multi-cultural Lemberg, at that time an Austrian city where Poles, Ukrainians and Jews were the largest …

154. Paul Seelig

     Paul Seelig 1876

     101242 Specialist in music of the Dutch East Indies Paul Seelig was born in Dortmund in 1876, the oldest in a family of seven children. The family lived in Breda, in the Netherlands, where his …

155. Marius Flothuis

     Marius Flothuis 1914

     100022 Composer, scholar, humanist Marius Flothuis, born on October 30, 1914, in an Amsterdam apartment on the corner of Ruysdaelstraat and Hondecoeterstraat, was raised in a well-to-do family. His …

156. Max Vredenburg

     Max Vredenburg 1904

     101245 Honest and tireless Max David Vredenburg was born in Brussels on January 16, 1904, and was raised in a Dutch-Jewish family. With the looming threat of war, they fled to The Hague. Max was …

157. Marjo Tal

     Marjo Tal 1915

     100692 A Vesuvius in music Marjo Tal was born in The Hague on January 15, 1915, the eldest of three daughters in a liberal Jewish family of orthodox origin. Very early on she showed musical talent …

158. Wilhelm Rettich

     Wilhelm Rettich 1892

     101240 A Survival Artist He was born in Leipzig in 1892, the son of Isidor Rettich, a merchant and Rosa Idelsohn. His parents wanted him to become a doctor, but he knew early on that music was his …

159. Israel Olman

     Israel Olman 1883

     101239 Composer and distinguished choral director It must have been memorable evening, on October 5, 1924 in the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, when composer, conductor and music teacher Israel Olman was …

160. Hans Krieg

     Hans Krieg 1899

     101237 Advocate of Jewish heritage Hans Max Krieg was raised in the family of a Jewish manufacturer of leather goods. Music played an important role in the family home. At the age of six he played …