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

HWT 1-2 : Version for seven voices and percussion / Version for chamber choir / Kees Arntzen; text anonymous

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring: 7zang perc / GK

HarmOniuM : for soprano and harmonium / Elizabeth Gaskill

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring: voice harm

Two War Songs : Version for baritone and piano quintet / Luc Van Hove; lyrics by Edward Thomas and Hugo Ball

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring: bar 2vn vla vc pf

Ein Landarzt : voor hoge stem en driestemmige begeleiding, (of zang en piano), 1980 / [tekst van] (Franz Kafka), Klaas G. Govaert

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and piano; Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring: high pf/3 instr.

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