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Kee is famous for his 3 volumes of "Psalms for Organ." According to Corliss Arnold, these pieces are tonal, with many meter changes and varied rhythmic divisions of the beat. Kee's later writings employ 12-tone techniques, melodic fragments, unusual stop combinations, constantly changing rhythms and tempos, and intensely dissonant chords.
Kee is famous for his 3 volumes of "Psalms for Organ." According to Corliss Arnold, these pieces are tonal, with many meter changes and varied rhythmic divisions of the beat. Kee's later writings employ 12-tone techniques, melodic fragments, unusual stop combinations, constantly changing rhythms and tempos, and intensely dissonant chords.
Kee is famous for his teaching of improvisation, and his students have won many prestigious prizes.


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For details, see the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/?first_middle_last as listed in Wikipedia article?].

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Synopsis

Dutch organist and composer

  • 1900 born in Zaandam, the Netherlands
  • 1917-18 studied at the Amsterdam Conservatory. Other than that, Kee was a student of John Black.
  • 1922-1924 organist at the Baptist church on the Singel in Amsterdam.
  • 1925-1935 organist at the Round Lutheran Church.
  • 1936-1964 organist in the Old Lutheran Church on the Spui.
  • for much of his career was Professor of Organ at the Utrecht Conservatory and permanent teacher of improvisation at the International Summer Academy in Haarlem.
  • 1997 died in Zaandam, the Netherlands.

Kee is famous for his 3 volumes of "Psalms for Organ." According to Corliss Arnold, these pieces are tonal, with many meter changes and varied rhythmic divisions of the beat. Kee's later writings employ 12-tone techniques, melodic fragments, unusual stop combinations, constantly changing rhythms and tempos, and intensely dissonant chords.

Kee is famous for his teaching of improvisation, and his students have won many prestigious prizes.

For details, see the as listed in Wikipedia article?.

List of Organ Works

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Op. ?? Drei Inventionen 1967
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