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==Synopsis==
Dutch composer, conductor and organist.
* 1899 born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
* a child prodigy, he began giving his first concerts at age 10.
* 1915-1919 attended the Amsterdam Conservatory, where he studied composition and organ.
* 1929 recorded for the Columbia label in the Central Hall, London.
* 1931 until his death he was conductor of the Nederlandse Bachvereniging. He also conducted many other ensembles.
* 1935-1964 taught the organ at the Amsterdam Conservatory.
* 1965 died in Hilversum, the Netherlands.

According to Oxford Music online, van der Horst "developed his own tonal language, the ‘modus conjunctus’, in which two centres at a distance of a diminished 5th act as tonic and dominant." This resulted in an octatonic scale equivalent to Messiaen's, but with arrived at by different means.

Van der Horst began the revival of historical performance practice in the Netherlands. His performances of Bach's St. Matthew Passion and B minor Mass became famous throughout Europe.

Corliss Arnold mentions his Concert Etude, Opus 104, especially for its virtuosic pedal passages. Arnold also mentions the Toccata in modo conjuncto, Orgel Partita op Psalm 8, and Concert opus 58.
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==List of Organ Works==

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| Op. ?? || [[Toccata in modo conjuncto]] || 1943 
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| Op. ?? || [[Orgel Partita op Psalm 8]] || 1946 
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| Op. 58 || [[Concerto]] || 1954 
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| Op. 104 || [[Concert Etude]] || 1963 
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