Daniël de Lange

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* 11 July 1841 in Rotterdam † 30 Januar 1918 in Point Loma (California) Daniël de Lange was born into a musical family in 1841. His father, Samuel sr., was a dominant force in the Rotterdam music scene as organ player, carilloneur and music teacher. Daniël’s brother, Samuel jr, was also to become a prominent piano and organ player. Both brothers were subjected to rigorous music education from an early age; even their bedroom wall was used to teach them staff notation. De Lange studied the cello in Brussels, and traveled Europe from 1858. After that, he worked in Paris from 1864 to 1870, where he met leading musical figures such as Berlioz, Bizet, and Massenet, to whom he dedicated his First Symphony in 1868. After his return to the Netherlands, he became primarily interested in choral music. In 1875, De Lange founded the Toonkunstkoor Leiden (‘Leiden Music Choir’), and thereby found a suitable platform to perform the choir repertoire. The Concertgebouw Orchestra, founded in 1888, regularly called upon De Lange’s choir to perform with them. A number of choir appointments followed, among which was the Amsterdam choir Caecilia, with whom he introduced Bruckner’s Seventh Symphony to the Netherlands. De Lange was a man of many interests and talents. He became a driving force in Dutch music education, supporting educational reform. In 1876, he entered the service of the Amsterdam daily Nieuws van den Dag (‘News of the Day’), and became the first regular Dutch music critic; an exa

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Requiem

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Romantiek: 19th Century Nederlander Music

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Daniël de Lange: Requiem

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Romantiek Nederlandse Componisten In De 19e Eeuw

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Zweers: Symphony No. 1 in D Major - De Lange: Symphony No. 1 in C Minor

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Romantiek Nederlandse Componisten in De 19 Eeuw

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Symphony No. 1 in C Minor Op.

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Symphony No.1 in C minor, Op.4

Symphonies - [Spanjaard & Halstead]

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Symphony No.1 in C-minor. Op.4

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Symphony in C minor, Op.4

Zweers – Symphony No.1, de Lange – Symphony No.1

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