composer
Joep Straesser was born in Amsterdam on March 11, 1934. He died on September 22, 2004 in Loenersloot.
Joep Straesser studied musicology from 1953 to 1955 at the University of Amsterdam.
related works
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano
Scoring:
pf
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring:
sopr cl pf vl
Tweeluik : voor mezzosopraan en altfluit, 1999 / tekst: Herman Gorter en Willem Pijper, Jacques Bank
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring:
sopr-m fl-a
Geishaliedjes : voor sopraan, fluit en 2 klarinetten / Karel Goeyvaerts
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring:
sopr fl 2cl
composition
From the Chinese restaurant : a symphonic song cycle, for mezzo-soprano, alto saxophone, accordion and percussion, 1989 / Joep Straesser
Other authors:
Chin Sheng-T'An (Zoon van)
(librettist)
Confucius
(librettist)
Li T'Ai Po
(librettist)
Po Chu-I
(librettist)
Straesser-Verster, Stanny
(librettist)
Contains:
A man who wants to eat / tekst v. Confucius
Patience / tekst v. Confucius
Climbing higher and higher / tekst v. Po Chu-I
Should I envie [i.e. envy] the gods? / tekst v. Li T'ai Po
My whole life I have eaten / tekst v. de zoon van Chin Sheng-T'an