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==Synopsis==
==Synopsis==
?Nationality? ?composer, organist, and/or teacher or?
Dutch organist and composer.
* ?birth year? born in ?birth city?
* 1902 born in Haarlem, Netherlands.
* ?year of event? ?city of event? ?short description of event?
* Studied piano, organ, and composition at the Amsterdam Conservatory.
* ?year of event? ?city of event? ?short description of event?
* 1922 became organist at the Harlem Baptist Church in the Netherlands, a position he retained until his death.
* ?year of death? died in ?city of death?
* 1929 began teaching organ at the Amsterdam Conservatory in the Netherlands.
* 1942 promoted to hoofdleraar ("high teacher" or "head teacher").
* 1958 died in Amsterdam.


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According to Corliss Arnold, Bijster was an outstanding Dutch orchestral composer who wrote in "conventional Romantic style," with "little dissonance." He employs the forms of passacaglia, partita, fantasy, and fugue.
 
Very little information is available on Jacob Bijster in English.


==List of Organ Works==
==List of Organ Works==

Latest revision as of 03:37, 3 December 2014

Synopsis

Dutch organist and composer.

  • 1902 born in Haarlem, Netherlands.
  • Studied piano, organ, and composition at the Amsterdam Conservatory.
  • 1922 became organist at the Harlem Baptist Church in the Netherlands, a position he retained until his death.
  • 1929 began teaching organ at the Amsterdam Conservatory in the Netherlands.
  • 1942 promoted to hoofdleraar ("high teacher" or "head teacher").
  • 1958 died in Amsterdam.

According to Corliss Arnold, Bijster was an outstanding Dutch orchestral composer who wrote in "conventional Romantic style," with "little dissonance." He employs the forms of passacaglia, partita, fantasy, and fugue.

Very little information is available on Jacob Bijster in English.

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