Zes Mexicaanse liederen (Six Mexican songs)

Dick Kattenburg was extremely talented. It was obvious that he would enjoy a flourishing career as a violinist for years to come. Even today, some seventy years later, his appealing music immediately touches the heart. A large part of his oeuvre was created during his period in hiding. He was murdered at the age of 24. Thanks to his romance with a young flutist, his manuscripts were preserved and found an audience after all these years. by Carine Alders location of manuscript: www.nederlandsmuziekinstituut.nl aanvraagnummer 494/033 14 July 1943. 6 songs by Joël Engel. Mexican is code for Jewish. Texts are in Jewish. Signed under a false name C.J. van Assendelft van Wijck. Unfinished I. ‘Men zegt: er is een land’ II. ‘Madi l’at gamadi l’at’