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
C'est le repos éclairé : for voice and piano / Robert (Bob) Hanf; on words by Rimbaud
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and piano
Scoring:
zang pf
Sonata no. 2 : violino e pianoforte, 1922 / Willem Pijper
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Violin and keyboard instrument
Scoring:
vl pf
Les mystères de Bretagne : suite voor viool en piano, 1964/65 / Lucas van Regteren Altena
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Violin and keyboard instrument
Scoring:
vl pf
Springs Eternal : for violin and piano, 2007 / Vanessa Lann
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Violin and keyboard instrument
Scoring:
vl pf
composition
Sonata : for violin and piano / 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.