Iii. Rondo A La Polka - Music

Lex Van Delden Born Alexander Zwaap 10 September 1919 - 1 July 1988 Was A Dutch Composer. Born Alexander Zwaap In Amsterdam The Netherlands As The Only Child Of Wolf Zwaap A School-Teacher And His Wife Sara Olivier Lex Van Delden Took Piano-Lessons From An Early Age - First From Martha Zwaga And Later From The Celebrated Pianist Cor De Groot. He Started Composing At The Age Of Eleven When He Set Poems By Guido Gezelle To Music Since A Long Illness Prevented Him From Playing The Piano. He Remained Self-Taught As A Composer. Despite His Artistic Promise And Interests By The Age Of Fourteen For Instance He Was Accompanying The Famous German Expressionist Dancer/choreographer Gertrud Leistikow And He Also Moved In The Circle Of One Of Holland's Foremost Composers Of The Time Sem Dresden He Enrolled At The University Of Amsterdam In 1938 To Study Medicine. Still A Student He Made His Début As A Composer In 1940 With The Song Cycle L'amour 1939 For Soprano Flute Clarinet And String Trio Written At The Request Of The Young Composer/conductor Nico Richter Who Was In Charge Of The Students' Orchestra. read less