composer
Geert van Keulen werd op 11 oktober 1943 in Amsterdam geboren.
Opleiding
Hij studeerde klarinet en basklarinet aan het Amsterdamse Muzieklyceum, compositie bij Robert Heppener, instrumentatie bij Hans Henkemans en orkestdirectie bij ...
related works
Fantasiestücke (Robert Schumann) : für Klarinette und Streichquartett / Geert van Keulen
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Instruments:
kl 2vl vla vc
Requiem for a Bass Guitar Player : for ensemble / Chiel Meijering
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Instruments:
2fl bcl asax bsax hn tpt 2trb tug drum pno el.gt. b.gt
Waldorf-Astoria : for 17 musicians / Sander Germanus
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Instruments:
fl 2ob 2cl sax-a h fg trp trb perc str
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Instruments:
0000 4sax 4331 2pf cb
composition
Wals : voor 12 instrumentalisten, 1979/80 / Geert van Keulen
Description:
Program note (English): Wals is not a waltz, but the work is based upon the same rhythmic tension between double and triple time which is characteristic of the Viennese waltz. Although Wals is almost entirely 2/4, the rudiments of a waltz can be perceived here and there and with increasing distinctness towards the end. The culmination of this process is that the last two bars are written in 3/4 after all: "Tempo di Valse". Thus the development is the reverse of that of "La Valse" by Ravel, where the waltz breaks off in the last two bars. The second principal element is a three-part canon with the parts played in hocket style. In overall terms this hocket technique becomes increasingly complex as the work progresses, until shortly before the end total fragmentation is achieved. - GEERT VAN KEULEN