composer
General: 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 ...
related works
Nuit d'été : voor piano vierhandig, 1957 / Louis Andriessen
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano 4 hands
Instruments:
pf4h
Bitchhhhh : for harpsichord, 1998 / Chiel Meijering
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Harpsichord
Instruments:
cemb
12 interludia : (manualiter), voor orgelpositief of clavecimbel, 1980 / Antoon Maessen
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Organ; Harpsichord
Instruments:
org/cemb
The waves : for 2 harpsichords and spinet ad libitum, 1993 / André Douw
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Harpsichord
Instruments:
2cemb(1spt ad lib.)
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