composer
Bob Hanf was born in Amsterdam on November 25, 1894. His parents Joseph Hanf and Laura Romberg, assimilated German Jews, were originally from Westphalia and had settled shortly after their ...
related works
Forbidden Music Regained : Volume 2
Genre:
Unknown
Ballet-suite / Herman Strategier
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Instruments:
2221 1100 timp perc cel str
De Profundis : Version 2019, for large symphony orchestra / Alexey Retinsky
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Instruments:
picc 2fl 2ob eh 2cl cl-b 3fg/cfg 4h 3tpt 3trb tb perc hp str
In vitro ex vivo (Limited Edition) : for symphony orchestra / David Mastikosa
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Instruments:
2fl 2ob 2cl 2fg 4h 2tpt 2trb trb-b tb timp perc str
composition
Serenade : for orchestra / Robert (Bob) Hanf
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.