related works

Lead, kindly light : for soprano and orchestra / Henriëtte Bosmans; words by Cardinal J.H. Newman

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and orchestra
Scoring: voice orchestra

The Fog hangs over the deserted Battlefield : for string quartet / Chiel Meijering

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: String quartet (2 violins, viola, cello)
Scoring: 2vl vla vc

Strijkkwartet no. 2 : 1927 / Piet Ketting

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: String quartet (2 violins, viola, cello)
Scoring: 2vl vla vc

Voor strijkkwartet : for string quartet / Karel Goeyvaerts

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: String quartet (2 violins, viola, cello)
Scoring: vl vla vc

composition

String Quartet / Henriette Bosmans

Other authors:
Leo Smit Stichting (Partner)
Bosmans, Henriëtte (Composer)
Contains:
Allegro molto moderato
Lento
Allegro molto
Description:
The series 'Forbidden Music Regained' proudly presents works by composers who were persecuted during the Second World War. Performances of these works were forbidden during the war. Many composers were imprisoned, several did not survive and others went into hiding.
After the war a new generation took over. The pre-war composers were soon forgotten and their compositions remained hidden in closets and archives or fell otherwise into oblivion. In recent decades numerous works have been rediscovered through the efforts of the Leo Smit Foundation. Some scores were found in attics, others in a garden shed and a pile of music was found by young children next to a garbage can. These compositions are of a high quality and deserve to be performed again. The diversity of styles represents the entire spectrum of the first half of the Twentieth century: romanticism, impressionism, modernism, neoclassicism, jazz, and so forth. This project aims to encourage musicians, young and old, from across the globe to perform these compositions, and for concert audiences to (once again) become acquainted with this ‘unheard’ music.