composer
Elmer Schönberger was born in Utrecht on January 1, 1950.
'Writer, composer, musicologist' is the most concise biographical summary Elmer Schönberger is inclined to assign himself, although the order has the ...
related works
Dovemansoren : for tenor solo, three female voices and ensemble, 2002 / Elmer Schönberger
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir and instruments
Scoring:
ten VK3 3fl perc hp pf 2vl vla
Veni creator / Marius Monnikendam
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir and organ; Mixed choir and instruments
Scoring:
GK4 (2trp 2trb ad lib.) org
Eli, Eli, lama azabthani : for 2 solo sopranos, chamber choir and string quintet / Gerard Beljon
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir and instruments
Scoring:
2sopr GK4 2vln vla vc db
Een vaste burcht / Jan Pouwels
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir and instruments
Scoring:
GK4 org 2vl
composition
Dovemansoren : for tenor solo, three female voices and ensemble, 2002 / Elmer Schönberger
Other authors:
Beethoven, Ludwig van
(librettist)
Schönberger, Elmer
(librettist)
Description:
Program note (English): Dovemansoren [Deaf Ears] is the title of a play I wrote for theatre company De Appel [The Apple] in 2002. Family and friends meet around Otto Goud's coffin, committing autopsy on the memory of this former conductor, who once, at the top of his career, turned his back on music, and was never heard from again. I wrote two intermezzi where Otto Goud's ghost sings fragments from letters by Ludwig van Beethoven, a choir of three female voices in turn providing comments on these letters. - ELMER SCHÖNBERGER