composer
Louis Andriessen was born in Utrecht on June 6, 1939.
Education: After an early training in composition with his father, composer Hendrik Andriessen, he continued his studies with Kees van Baaren ...
related works
Y después : for voice and ensemble, 1983 / text: Federico García Lorca, Louis Andriessen
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and large ensemble
Instruments:
voice fl 3sax h 3trp 3trb pf cb
Preludium, aria en fuga : opus 72, clavecimbel, 1959 / Louis Toebosch
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Harpsichord
Instruments:
cemb
Catchment, Pigment, Segment : for clavichord, harpsichord or fortepiano, 1991 / Dominy Clements
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Harpsichord; Harpsichord; Piano
Instruments:
clav/cemb/pf
Per clavicembalo : 1968 / Marinus Kasbergen
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Harpsichord
Instruments:
cemb
composition
Overture to Orpheus : for harpsichord, 1982 / Louis Andriessen
Description:
Program note (English): A harpsichord has little to do with a piano, but rather with plucked instruments such as harp, guitar, lute. Orpheus' prelude-playing came to my mind when writing the composition. A reference to dramatic development in this piece makes it an overture for an imaginary opera in which Orpheus plays the leading part. The fringe between canon and unisono techniques - just as in my other works from recent years - is the musical subject of the composition. - LOUIS ANDRIESSEN