composer

Keulen, Geert van

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

Zundgat : for ensemble and 2 improvising solo players, 2000 / Chiel Meijering

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Instruments: 2010 2sax 2121 perc el.g g-b pf 2 improvising soloists

Organum II : voor kamerorkest, 1986 / Daan Manneke

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Large ensemble (12 or more players); Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Instruments: 1121 1110 2vl vla vc cb / 1121 1110 str

Excavation : voor 12 instrumenten, 1992 / Paul Bruinen

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Instruments: 1101 sax-a 0220 2vl vla vc

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