Biography
Born: 15 June 1910 — Hilversum — The Netherlands
Died: 21 March 1975 — Utrecht — The Netherlands
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He played the viola in the Utrecht Symphony Orchestra for 30 years. He is known as a composer not only in The Netherlands. His best-known piece is the "Gosauer Symphony" (1972), where his relation with and admiration for he Austrian master Anton Bruckner are expressed. He further studied composing among others with Hendrik Andriessen and Henk Badings.
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