composer

Leeuw, Ton de

Ton de Leeuw was born on November 16, 1926 in Rotterdam. He died on May 31, 1996 in Paris (France). In 1949, after some years of composition lessons with Henk Badings, ...

related works

Midare : for marimba, (1972) / Ton de Leeuw

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Percussion
Instruments: mar

Joint venture : for clarinet quartet, 1982 / Adriaan van Noord

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Clarinet
Instruments: 3cl cl-b

Dust : for organ and soundtracks, 1991/1992 / Ton Bruynèl

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Organ; Electronics with different instruments; Organ with electronics
Instruments: org tape

Cycle of time : for clarinet sextet, 1990 / Chiel Meijering

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Clarinet
Instruments: 3cl 2cl-b cl-cb

composition

Mountains : bass clarinet, tape, 1977 / Ton de Leeuw

Description:
Program note (English): At the heart of this work is an integration of the instrumental and electronic sounds rather than opposition. On the one hand, many of the electronic passages almost seem to become live music, owing to the very detailed flexible shape, whilst on the other hand the bass clarinet describes curves which come close to those of some of the electronic connections.
The musical events develop slowly and over long periods; in addition, there are many built-in repetitions with continuous subtle variations. The slowly ascending and falling lines, the high plateaus on which the music seems to stand still, readily provided me with the title - "Mountains". Echoes of folk music can be heard throughout, eternal and not confined to any one setting, mingled with the contemporary idiom and the electronic means that are used. The tape was made by voltage-controls equipment in the composer's studio. The aim is to create all the variants that occur from a programme determinated in advance. - TON DE LEEUW