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
Tien vocale minuten : voor mezzosopraan en bas / [red. Michael Nieuwenhuizen]
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice solo; Vocal Ensemble (2-12)
Instruments:
sopr-m bas ; sopr-m ; bar ; bas
Nos qui captivos duxerunt : for soprano, flute, oboe, guitar and percussion / Lewis Nielson
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and instrument(s)
Instruments:
zang fl ob g perc
Give me a break : for soprano and ensemble, 1992 / Chiel Meijering
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and instrument(s)
Instruments:
sopr fl ob sax-a fg h trb mar(vib) vl vla
Übergänge : Textvon Fré Focke, für Mezzosopran, Violine und Klavier, 13. Folge, 1955 / Fré Focke
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and instrument(s)
Instruments:
sopr-m vl pf
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