composer
Ton de Leeuw was born on November 16, 1926 in Rotterdam. He died on May 31, 1996 in Paris (France).
In 1949, after some years of composition lessons with Henk Badings, ...
related works
Linkerhand en rechterhand : for piano, 1976 / Ton de Leeuw
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano 1 hand
Scoring:
pflh pfrh
Akoetest : voor symfonieorkest, opus 45, -1973- / Jan Masséus
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3333 4331 timp perc hp pf str
De mei plaisant : variaties voor orkest, april 56 / O. van Hemel
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2222 4330 timp 2perc hp/pf str
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2323 4331 timp perc str
composition
Treurmuziek : voor orkest, 1948 / Ton de Leeuw
Description:
Program note (English): The treurmuziek (funeral music) by Ton de Leeuw is written in variation form. The ''theme, which can better be called a complexity of motifs and melodic data, relies entirely on the organ point 'a'. The small second-motifs heard in the first measures both rise (e - f) and descend (b flat - a), are an important core motif. The motifs grow in rich variations with an adjoining bassoon melody which appears. Variation 1 is a trio for flute, oboe and clarinet; variations 2 and 3 are short intermezzi respectively for string orchestra and for clarinet, horns, trombone and basses; in variation 4 alternating melodies in flute and bassoon are accompanied by the strings; in variation 5 brass instruments and the high wind instruments come to the forefront, a fast tempo is here for the first time prescribed in contrast to the previous variations; in the 6th variation (again andante con moto) more and more instruments join in and form the passage to violently moved 7th variation (allegro deciso); variation 8 is another adagio. In the two last variations the composer indicates and ad libitum. The 9th is a fugue on a theme which has been clearly inferred from variation 7; the 10th variation is a short lento, which reverts to an epilogue of the mourning atmosphere of the beginning. - TON DE LEEUW