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
Instruments: pf

Meine Lippen die küssen so heiss : for 3 wind instruments, (prepared) piano and percussion, 1984 (revision 1986) / Chiel Meijering

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-11 players)
Instruments: fl ob sax-a perc pf

Emergency case : for flute (flute alto), piano and percussion (2 players), 1970 revised 1979 / Joep Straesser

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-11 players)
Instruments: fl(fl-a) 2perc pf

Sonata : per flauto e cembalo / Henri Zagwijn

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-11 players); Flute and keyboard instrument
Instruments: fl cemb

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