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Tonk : for saxophone quartet, 1995 / Frank Crijns
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Saxophone
Scoring:
4sax
Speed-well : version for small orchestra, 1993 / revision 1995 / Frank Crijns
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
2030 2121 perc pf cb
Speed-well : version for ensemble, 1993 / revision 1995 / Frank Crijns
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
2010 2sax 2121 perc el.g g-b pf
latest edition
Bits : voor basklarinet/tenorsaxofoon, electrische gitaar, piano en slagwerk, 1992 / Frank Crijns
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring:
cl-b(sax-t) perc el.g pf
composer
Crijns, Frank
Nationality:
Netherlands
Date of birth:
1960-06-12
Website:
Officiële website
Frank Crijns plays guitar and writes music for Titanic Combo and Spelonk, and cofounded the group BLAST. He plays with the big bands 'Nieuwe Muziek' and 'Positive Nuns'. He organises and plays in projects with Fred Frith, Elliot Sharp, Tim Hodgkinson, Rhys Chatham, Phil Niblock, Pavel Fajt, Jacques Palinckx and others.
Frank Crijns' work as a composer can be divided in two parts: 1. composing for soloists and modern music ensembles and 2. playing and composing contemporary and improvised music.
1960 - 1997
Frank Crijns (12 juni 1960, Sint Pieters-Woluwe, België) studeert compositie aan het Rotterdams Conservatorium bij Peter-Jan Wagemans en Klaas de Vries.
1992
In 1992 schreef hij samen met vijf componisten van de Tilburgse groep De vonk de compositie 'Ergens ervoor...' voor het Aquarius Ensemble.