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
Canto III Les visions : for 10 wind instruments & percussion, 1989 / Norbert Wissing
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-11 players)
Scoring:
2fl 2ob 2cl 2fg 2h perc
Gran trio : per sassofono contralto, arpa e percussione, (1984) / Joep Straesser
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-11 players)
Scoring:
sax-a perc hp
Temptations of the beat : for percussion and strings, 2001, revision 2002 / Christina Viola Oorebeek
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-11 players)
Scoring:
3perc 2vl vla vc cb
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