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Andriessen (1925-1996)
14 Canzone*
Jurriaan Andriessen was born in Haarlem in 1925 and died in 1996 in The Hague. He studied composition with his father Hendrik Andriessen and received his lessons in orchestral conducting by the legendary conductor Willem van Otterloo. To broaden his musical horizon he studied with Olivier Messian in Paris and specialised himself in writing film music. In 1949 he left to study and work in the United States. Most of the overtures, symphonies, concertos that he composed there, were premiered in the USA and in Europe.
When he returned to Europe in 1951, he lived for a period in Italy and Germany, mainly to study music and to compose. In 1953 Andriessen settled as an all round composer writing for almost every music genre. It is in this time that his music for mandolin orchestra “ Venezia” was created. His “Canzone” was commissioned by the Dutch ´Pijpersgilde´ in 1979 and is one of two compositions with this title that he wrote for bamboo pipe (or recorder) trio and guitar. The arrangement for mandolin orchestra of the first Canzone was made because the music lends itself perfectly to plucked and plectrum played instruments and more so since the work is advertised at the cover of the music that other combinations of instruments also could perform it and that it was suitable for large ensembles. It is, in all its simplicity, a wonderful piece of music in tremolo style with a nice contrasting trio in the middle section.

© Alex Timmerman.

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