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
Introduzione, adagio e allegro : per due violini soli / Robert de Roos
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Violin
Scoring:
2vl
The violin : for violin solo, 1995-1996, revision 1998 / Kim Bowman
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Violin
Scoring:
vl
Partita : per due violini, opus 69, (1966) / Marius Flothuis
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Violin
Scoring:
2vl
composition
Three Pieces: Tema con variazioni | Little Suite | Trübe Nacht in Frost und Schnee : for violin | for two violins | for mezzo-soprano and violin / 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.