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Willem Pijper

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Willem Frederik Johannes Pijper; 8 September 1894 – 18 March 1947) was a Dutch composer, music critic and music teacher. Pijper is considered to be among the most important Dutch composers of the first half of the 20th century. [1]

32 relations: Calvinism, Canadian Journal of Netherlandic Studies, Cell (music), Chamber music, Composer, De Volkskrant, Emanuel Querido, Euripides, Heer Halewijn, Igor Stravinsky, Incidental music, Jan van Gilse, Johan Wagenaar, Joost van den Vondel, King Arthur, Matthijs Vermeulen, Music criticism, Music education, Mute violin, Netherlands, Octatonic scale, Opera, Orchestra, Paul Verlaine, Piano, Pieter Cornelis Boutens, Polytonality, Simon Vestdijk, Sophocles, Utrecht, William Shakespeare, Zeist.

Calvinism

Calvinism (also called the Reformed tradition, Reformed Christianity, Reformed Protestantism, or the Reformed faith) is a major branch of Protestantism that follows the theological tradition and forms of Christian practice of John Calvin and other Reformation-era theologians.

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Canadian Journal of Netherlandic Studies

The Canadian Journal of Netherlandic Studies (French: Revue canadienne d'études néerlandaises) is an academic journal covering Dutch studies.

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Cell (music)

The 1957 Encyclopédie Laroussequoted in Nattiez, Jean-Jacques (1990).

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Chamber music

Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a palace chamber or a large room.

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Composer

A composer (Latin ''compōnō''; literally "one who puts together") is a musician who is an author of music in any form, including vocal music (for a singer or choir), instrumental music, electronic music, and music which combines multiple forms.

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De Volkskrant

de Volkskrant (The People's Paper) is a Dutch daily morning newspaper.

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Emanuel Querido

Emanuel Querido (6 August 1871 – 23 July 1943) was a successful Dutch publisher as the founder and owner of N.V. Em.

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Euripides

Euripides (Εὐριπίδης) was a tragedian of classical Athens.

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Heer Halewijn

Heer Halewijn (also known as Van Here Halewijn and in English The Song of Lord Halewijn) is a Dutch folk tale which survives in folk ballad.

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Igor Stravinsky

Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (ˈiɡərʲ ˈfʲɵdərəvʲɪtɕ strɐˈvʲinskʲɪj; 6 April 1971) was a Russian-born composer, pianist, and conductor.

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Incidental music

Incidental music is music in a play, television program, radio program, video game, film, or some other presentation form that is not primarily musical.

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Jan van Gilse

Jan Pieter Hendrik van Gilse (Rotterdam, 11 May 1881 – Oegstgeest, 8 September 1944) was a Dutch composer and conductor.

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Johan Wagenaar

Johan Wagenaar (1 November 1862 – 17 June 1941) was a Dutch composer and organist.

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Joost van den Vondel

Joost van den Vondel (17 November 1587 – 5 February 1679) was a Dutch poet, writer and playwright.

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King Arthur

King Arthur is a legendary British leader who, according to medieval histories and romances, led the defence of Britain against Saxon invaders in the late 5th and early 6th centuries.

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Matthijs Vermeulen

Matthijs Vermeulen (born Matheas Christianus Franciscus van der Meulen) (8 February 1888 – 26 July 1967), was a Dutch composer and music journalist.

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Music criticism

The Oxford Companion to Music defines music criticism as 'the intellectual activity of formulating judgements on the value and degree of excellence of individual works of music, or whole groups or genres'.

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Music education

Music education is a field of study associated with the teaching and learning of music.

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Mute violin

The mute violin is a violin without or with a very shallow sound box.

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Netherlands

The Netherlands (Nederland), often referred to as Holland, is a country located mostly in Western Europe with a population of seventeen million.

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Octatonic scale

An octatonic scale is any eight-note musical scale.

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Opera

Opera (English plural: operas; Italian plural: opere) is a form of theatre in which music has a leading role and the parts are taken by singers.

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Orchestra

An orchestra is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which mixes instruments from different families, including bowed string instruments such as violin, viola, cello and double bass, as well as brass, woodwinds, and percussion instruments, each grouped in sections.

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Paul Verlaine

Paul-Marie Verlaine (30 March 1844 – 8 January 1896) was a French poet associated with the Decadent movement.

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Piano

The piano is an acoustic, stringed musical instrument invented in Italy by Bartolomeo Cristofori around the year 1700 (the exact year is uncertain), in which the strings are struck by hammers.

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Pieter Cornelis Boutens

Pieter Cornelis Boutens (February 20, 1870 – March 14, 1943) was a Dutch poet, classicist, and mystic.

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Polytonality

Polytonality (also polyharmony) is the musical use of more than one key simultaneously.

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Simon Vestdijk

Simon Vestdijk (17 October 1898 – 23 March 1971) was a Dutch writer.

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Sophocles

Sophocles (Σοφοκλῆς, Sophoklēs,; 497/6 – winter 406/5 BC)Sommerstein (2002), p. 41.

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Utrecht

Utrecht is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, capital and most populous city of the province of Utrecht.

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William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (26 April 1564 (baptised)—23 April 1616) was an English poet, playwright and actor, widely regarded as both the greatest writer in the English language, and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.

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Zeist

Zeist is a municipality and a town in the central Netherlands, located east of the city of Utrecht.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Pijper

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