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composer

Loevendie calls himself a “latecomer as a composer”. Until the 1970s, he was known only as a jazz saxophonist. He gained international fame with his quartet (with Hans Dulfer, Arjen ...

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and piano
Instruments: sopr/sopr-m pf

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Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-11 players)
Instruments: acc g

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Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-11 players)
Instruments: 2sax-s perc mar

Rush : for 7 musicians, 2002 / Roderik de Man

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-11 players)
Instruments: fl(pic fl-a) cl(cl-b) fg pf vl vla vc

composition

Venus and Adonis suite : for 5 instruments, 1981 / Theo Loevendie

Publisher: Amsterdam: Donemus, cop. 1981
Publisher's number: 02816
Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-11 players)
Instruments: cl-b perc man g vl
Remarks: Voor basklarinet, viool, mandoline, gitaar en slagwerker. - Suite uit de in 1980 gecomponeerde toneelmuziek Venus and Adonis. - Tijdsduur: 15'
Duration: 14'00"
Number of players: 5
Status: fully digitized (real-time delivery)

Description:
Program note (English): The Venus en Adonis Suite is based on stage music, written for a theatrical performance of Shakespeare's poem 'Venus and Adonis'. The instrumentation has been left unchanged. Some musical parts were added.
The performance in 1980 of the stage music written in this scoring gave rise to the founding of the now famous Nieuw Ensemble. - THEO LOEVENDIE

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Product	Description	Price/piece	Count
Score	Download (A4), 38 pages	EUR 16.95
	Hardcopy, normal size (A4), 38 pages	EUR 33.90
Parts	Download (B4), 46 pages	EUR 23.33
	Hardcopy, normal size (B4), 46 pages	EUR 46.67