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Willem Pijper
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Willem Pijper (Zeist, September 8, 1894 - Utrecht, March 18, 1947) was a Dutch composer, music critic and music teacher. Pijper was born at Zeist, near Utrecht, on 8 September 1894 of strict Calvinist working-class parents. His father, who sometimes played psalm accompaniments on the harmonium, taught him the names of the notes of the treble clef when he was five. Willem subsequently discovered the use of sharps and flats and began composing simple melodies. His fascination with symmetrical musical structures was evident even at this early age. At ten he began formal piano lessons and made rapid progress. Poor health as a child meant that he was educated at home until age 13, but in 1912, after three years study at the gymnasium (high school), Pijper entered the Utrecht Academy of Music, where he was taught composition by Johan Wagenaar, passing examinations in theoretical subjects in 1915. Apart from his brief study with Wagenaar he was entirely self-taught as a composer. Pijper occasionally gave piano recitals, but his activity as a critic was of greater importance. At the end of the First World War, he became a critic for the Utrechtsch Dagblad, and in that capacity was at least partly responsible for the departure of Jan van Gilse, then chief conductor of the Utrechts Stedelijk Orkest. Pijpers constant vitriolic (and often ad hominem) attacks upon Van Gilse forced the latter to demand the orchestra board to refuse Pijper at concerts; after the board had stalled the iss
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Sonata for Two Pianos: II. Grave
1902Sonata for Two Pianos: I. Allegro aperto, ma pesante
1543Concert per piano e orchestra, K. 74 (1927)
974Sonata for Two Pianos: III. Moderato assai
965Three Dutch Folk Dances: III. Scharmoes
636Piano Concerto
457Sonata: I. Allegro
418String Quartet No. 1: I. Allegro moderato
399Theme & Five Variations
3610String Quartet No. 4: II. Allegro assai
35albums
Pijper: Complete Music for Piano - Sonatas for Cello and Piano Nos. 1 & 2
Pijper: Five String Quartets
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Piano Concertos in the Netherlands
Willem Pijper
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Willem Pijper: Highlights
Pijper & Badings: Concertos and Symphonic Works (Mono Version)
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Pijper & Escher: Violin Sonatas etc.
Henkemans, H.: Violin Concerto / Pijper. W.: Piano Concerto / 6 Symphonische Epigrammen (Beinum) (1954)
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Dutch Masters
Chamber Music for Strings and Piano
Merlijn
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Dutch Composers: Pijper, Wagenaar, Dopper, Rontgen and others