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
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano
Scoring:
pf
Genre:
Opera, musical theatre
Subgenre:
Opera
Scoring:
recit 13soloists GK4 5rec 4duduk crumhorn 4440 musette 5sax mouth org 0221 2perc man banjo g pf cemb cel guiro hp 3vl 2vla vc cb
Genre:
Opera, musical theatre
Subgenre:
Opera
Scoring:
GK acc 2vn vla vc perc
De satansfles : (opera in twee aktes), 2002 / libretto: Jo Willems, Gerard Ammerlaan
Genre:
Opera, musical theatre
Subgenre:
Opera
Scoring:
6soloists 00taragot(tevens cl, cl-b)1 sax-a 01(bug, trp-pic)1(lap-steel, toy music box)0 2perc el-g str
composition
Antigone : muziekdrama, naar een vrije bewerking van Sophocles door de componist = drame musical, d'après une interpretation libre de l'oeuvre de Sophocle par le compositeur, 1991 / Ton de Leeuw
Other authors:
Leeuw, Ton de
(librettist)
Sophocles
(librettist)
Description:
Program note (English): Rather than an expressionistic approach, there is lucid, reserved intensity, sober vocal line with a nearly liturgical character, and - despite the apparent simplicity - strict modal cyclicity (as has been outlined for example in the doctoral thesis written by Dr R. de Groot: "Compositie en intentie van Ton de Leeuws muziek" [Composition and intention in the music of Ton de Leeuw], University of Amsterdam).
Rather than being set as a confrontation between individuals, three of the four roles are interpreted by choirs. The only soloist is Antigone but neither does her role dominate.
A stylised approach rather than realism. To give an example, in the dialogue between Antigone and Ismene, the characters sing their thoughts simultaneously rather than in alternation with each other. - TON DE LEEUW