(b Amersfoort, Holland, 1946; d Amsterdam, 1996). Dutch composer. Won Matthijs Vermeulen Prize with his Sinfonia, 1975. Head of comp., Utrecht Cons. Comps. incl.:

orch.:
• Quintet (1966–7);
• Soundings (1970); Conc. for alto sax. (1971);
• Sinfonia (1975);
• Serenade (1976); pf. conc. (1980);
• Movements (1982);
• 7 Pieces, bcl., orch. (1983); vn. conc. (1984); conc. for sax. qt. (1986);
• Aria, fl., orch. (1987);
• Symphonic Transformations (1987);
• Catena: Refrains and Variations, 31 wind instr., perc., cel. (1988);
• Intermezzi, 9 winds (1989);
• 3 Sonnets, alto sax., orch. (1989); org. conc. (1993).

vocal:
• Choral Music I (1969);
• To Brooklyn Bridge, 24 vv., 4 cl., 4 sax., 2 pf., 2 hp., 3 db. (1988).

chamber music:
• str. qts.: No.1 (1982), No.2 (1985);
• Quartet, 4 sax. (1970); pf. sonata (1970);
• Concertante Music, cl., ob., bn., pf., 5 str. (1972–3);
• Music, vn., cl., pf. (1973);
• Fantasia, fl. (1976);
• Concertino, bcl., str. qt. (1977); vn. sonata (1977);
• Quartet, 3 cl., bcl. (1983);
• Music for Saxophones, 4 sax. (1986);
• 5 Pieces, brass quintet (1988).

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