composer

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, ...

related works

Neue Niederländische Klaviermusik : = Contemporary Dutch piano music, Heft 1 = Book 1 / mit Werken von = containing works by J. Andriessen, R. du Bois, G. Janssen ... [et al.], herausgegeben von = edited by Ton Hartsuiker

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Piano
Scoring: pf

Les bransles érotiques : pour ensemble, 1968 / Jurriaan Andriessen

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-11 players)
Scoring: 3ob eh perc cemb 2vla

Andante in D : voor fluit of viool en gitaar / Jan Maarten Komter

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-11 players)
Scoring: fl/vl g

Favourite numbers : for guitar and flute, 2005 / Rijndert van Woudenberg

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-11 players)
Scoring: fl g

composition

Fauxbourdon : for ensemble, 1991-1992, revision 1993 / Ton de Leeuw

Description:
Program note (English): The work consists of two parts. Its title refers to a style of composition that originated in the 15th century, in which certain parallel harmonies are used to accompany a melodic line. This principle partly determines the texture of the present work, of course translated into terms of contemporary music. The second half of the title: "bourdon", also refers to an age-old practice of having one or more tones sounding continuously in the background. - TON DE LEEUW