Natalon In E Iii. Adagio Agitato - Music

Simeon Ten Holt Born In Bergen Netherlands 24 January 1923 Died In Alkmaar 25 November 2012 Was A Dutch Composer. Ten Holt Studied With Jakob Van Domselaer Eventually Developing A Highly Personal Style Of Minimal Composition. Ten Holt Generally Uses Consonant Tonal Materials And His Works Are Organized In Numerous Cells Made Up Of A Few Measures Each Which Are Repeated Ad Libitum According To The Player's Preference. Many Of Ten Holt's Works As For Example Canto Ostinato Employ Harmonies Quite Similar To Those Used By European Composers Of The Romantic Period. Thus His Style Of Minimal Composition Is Truly European In Its Orientation And Has Been Little Influenced By North American Minimal Composers Whose Works Draw More Often On Rock Jazz And World Musics. Van Domselaer's Influence On Ten Holt's Musical Philosophy Has Been Considerable With The Younger Composer Picking Up Van Domselaer's Interests In The Links Between Music And Visual Art In Music's Relationship With Mathematics And In The Use Of The Piano As A Principal Instrument In His Compositions. Indeed Many Of Ten Holt's Works Are For Piano Or Ensembles Of Multiple Pianos. One Of The Best Known Interpreters Of The Music Of Simeon Ten Holt Is The Dutch Pianist Kees Wieringa. He Has Recorded Several CDs Of Ten Holt's Music. There Is Also An Eleven CD Set Available Of His "Complete Music For Multiple Pianos" Performed By Irene Russo Fred Oldenburg Sandra Van Veen & Jeroen Van Veen. Brilliant Classics 7795 Http //www.Simeontenholt.Com/ read less