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Leeuw, Ton de

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, ...

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12 vocalises

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice solo; Voice and piano; Voice and instrument(s)
Instruments: voice solo ; voice pf ; voice perc pf ; voice vc ; 4voices

ASK ADA : Music theatre for voice, ensemble and multimedia / Yannis Kyriakides; libretto Theodora Delavault, visuals by Darien Brito

Genre: Opera, musical theatre
Subgenre: Opera
Instruments: zang perc hp of vn vla vc tape

Thijl : dramatische legende in een proloog, drie bedrijven en een epiloog, naar "De heldhaftige, vroolijke en roemrijke daden van Uilenspiegel en Lamme Goedzak in Vlaanderenland en elders" van Charles de Coster / muziek van Jan van Gilse, libretto van Hendrik Lindt

Genre: Opera, musical theatre
Subgenre: Opera
Instruments: soloists 2recit GK4 3343 4431 timp 3perc hp pf str dancers

Jules : scenische madrigalen, 1988 / kameropera op tekst van Sicco Heyligers, Daan Manneke

Genre: Opera, musical theatre
Subgenre: Opera
Instruments: alt bar bas GK4 fl cl cl-b acc org vl cb

 

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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

Publisher: Amsterdam: Donemus, cop. 1991
Publisher's number: 07760
Genre: Opera, musical theatre
Subgenre: Opera
Instruments: sopr/sopr-m MK3 GK4 0222 2020 3perc pf 2vc cb synth
Remarks: Voor sopraan (of mezzosopraan), mannenkoor TBB, koor SATB, 2 hobo's (tevens althobo's), 2 klarinetten (2e tevens altsaxofoon), 2 fagotten, 2 hoorns, 2 trombones (2e tevens bastrombone), 2 cello's, contrabas, piano, synthesizer en 3 slagwerkers. - Alleen Franse tekst. - Tekst apart afgedrukt. - Met samenvatting van de inhoud. - Met voorw. - In opdracht van de N.O.S. radio en het Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst. - T.g.v. het Edu Verhulst Memorial. - Tijdsduur: ca. 55'-60'
Duration: 60'00"
Year of composition: 1991
Status: fully digitized (real-time delivery)

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

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