composer

Arntzen, Kees

Kees Arntzen was born on 5 September 1957 in Amsterdam. After finishing his degree in music education and guitar at the Amsterdam Conservatorium, Kees Arntzen studied theory and composition at ...

related works

24 Arie Antiche : for voice and guitar / Kees Arntzen (arr.)

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring: zang gtr

Fische : 4+1 songs on poems by Erich Fried, for mezzo-soprano, flute and piano, 1996 / Joep Straesser

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring: sopr-m fl pf

Sonnet 129 : for soprano and two pianos, 1999, 2nd revision 2000 / poem: William Shakespeare, Boudewijn Tarenskeen

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring: sopr 2pf

Vues des anges : pour violon et bariton, 1959 / Hans Kox

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring: bar vl

composition

Guitarra mía : for baritone or mezzo-soprano and guitar / Kees Arntzen; poetry by Nicomedes Santa Cruz

Description:
This text was found in an antiquarian bookshop in Avenida de Maya in the heart of Buenos Aires. It builds upon the lines from a song by the famous tanguero Carlos Gardell who died in an aircrash in Colombia in the thirties. The son of the poet gave his permission to use this poetry for musical purposes. Together with texts by Borges, Neruda, Lorca and Cendoya this song forms the complete cycle ‘Oda a la guitarra’.
Kees Arntzen