Daniel Belinfante's manuscripts, donated in 1955 to the Dutch Music Institute in The Hague by his widow Martha Belinfante-Dekker, remained untouched for decades. It is an oeuvre of some 100 compositions consisting of solo concertos, an orchestral suite, string quartets, works for strings and piano, songs and choral works. During his lifetime, Belinfante's music was rarely performed. After his violent ...

Six simple pieces for piano Reproduced by Independent Music Publishers, 205 East 42nd street, New York NY

Recording: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8dT7HavtE1w">https://www.youtube.com/embed/8dT7HavtE1w</a>

location of manuscript: Library collection Netherlands Music Institute, The Hague

location of manuscript: http://www.nederlandsmuziekinstituut.nl archive registration number: 024/124

March 1932. Words by Erich Kästner.

Delen: 1. Prelude 2. Canzonetta 3. Scherzo 4. Romance 5. Finale Amsterdam, 1935

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 ...

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 ...

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Daniel Belinfante's manuscripts, donated in 1955 to the Dutch Music Institute in The Hague by his widow Martha Belinfante-Dekker, remained untouched for decades. It is an oeuvre of some 100 compositions consisting of solo concertos, an orchestral suite, string quartets, works for strings and piano, songs and choral works. During his lifetime, Belinfante's music was rarely performed. After his violent ...

January 1943 / 13 March 1943

Daniel Belinfante's manuscripts, donated in 1955 to the Dutch Music Institute in The Hague by his widow Martha Belinfante-Dekker, remained untouched for decades. It is an oeuvre of some 100 compositions consisting of solo concertos, an orchestral suite, string quartets, works for strings and piano, songs and choral works. During his lifetime, Belinfante's music was rarely performed. After his violent ...

location of manuscript: www.nederlandsmuziekinstituut.nl archive registration number 020/023+b

Recording: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XlQPpG0nQ7U">https://www.youtube.com/embed/XlQPpG0nQ7U</a>

location of manuscript: http://www.nederlandsmuziekinstituut.nl archive registration number: 049/H2-04b

Recording: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/q4XrOjmOm6I">https://www.youtube.com/embed/q4XrOjmOm6I</a>

Recording: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3f4_JR8ruPg">https://www.youtube.com/embed/3f4_JR8ruPg</a>

Stephan Tomka

Franz Weisz (Weisz Ferenc in Hungarian) decided to leave his home country Hungary due to the political situation and overt anti-Semitism. In the Netherlands he enjoyed two decades of freedom and musical possibilities, but then as a Jew, he was interned in camp Westerbork and later deported to Theresienstadt and Auschwitz. The second inevitable displacement led to his death. Weisz was a great pianist ...