Hendrick Andriessen

Synopsis

Dutch composer and organist

• 1892 born in Haarlem, the Netherlands.
• studied composition and organ at the Conservatory of Amsterdam.
• became organist at the Utrecht Cathedral.
• 1926-1954 lectured in composition and music theory at the Amsterdam Conservatory.
• 1930-1949 taught at the Institute for Catholic Church Music in Utrecht.
• 1937-1949 director of the Utrecht Conservatory.
• during WWII, Andriessen refused to join the "Cultural House" and so was barred from public functions by the Nazis. He was allowed only to teach private lessons and play for church services.
• July-December 1942 held hostage by the Nazis.
• 1949-1957 appointed director of the Royal Conservatory in The Hague.
• 1954-1962 appointed an Extraordinary Professor of Musicology at the Catholic University of Nijmegen.
• 1981 died in Haarlem, the Netherlands.

According to Wikipedia, Andriessen was most noted for his improvisational skills and for his influence in "renewing" Catholic liturgical music in the Netherlands. His compositional style was strongly influenced by French idioms; according to Corliss Arnold, he tended to write manual configurations over pedal themes, and utilized harmonies similar to those of Louis Vierne. Arnold says that Andriessen's Toccata and his Premier Choral are his most well-known works.

For details, see the Wikipedia article on Hendrick Andriessen.

List of Organ Works

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Opus	Title	Year
Premier Choral	1913
Toccata	1917
Aria	1944
Deuxième Choral	1916, rev. 1965
Troisième Choral	1920
Quatrième Choral	1921, rev. 1951
Fête-Dieu	(1918) Fuga a 5 voici c kl. terts (1916) In dulci jubilo (1961) Interlude (1957) Interludium (1968) Intermezzi: 24 pieces in two books (1935 and 1943–46) Intermezzo (1950) Meditation on the hymn "O Lord with wondrous mystery" (1960) O filii et filiae (1961) O sacred head (1962) Offertorium (1962) Passacaglia (1929) Praeludium en Fuga in d Preghiera (1962) Quattro studi per organo (1953) Sinfonia (1939) Sonata da Chiesa (1927) Suite (1968) Thema met variaties (1949) Toccata (1917) Veni, Creator Spiritus (1961)]] || year
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