Jurriaan Andriessen
About Jurriaan Andriessen
Jurriaan Hendrik Andriessen (15 November 1925, Haarlem – 19 August 1996, The Hague) was a Dutch composer, whose father, Hendrik, brother Louis, and uncle Willem have also been notable composers. Andriessen studied composition with his father at the Utrecht Conservatory before moving to Paris where he studied with Olivier Messiaen.
The bulk of Andriessen's output is for the stage; his study in Paris was primarily in writing film music. He had a variety of musical influences which he drew upon, including American film music, Aaron Copland's ballets, folk music of various cultures, neoclassicism, and serialism; this eclecticism combined with his compositional skill made his writing well-suited to scoring dramatic works. His first stage composition was incidental music for "The Miraculous Hour", a play premiered at the celebration of the 50th year of Queen Wilhelmina's reign, in 1948. In 1954 the Haagse Comedie (now the Nationaal Toneel, or "National Theatre") appointed him resident composer, where he wrote scores for Eugene O'Neill's Mourning Becomes Electra and Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, among numerous others.
His stay in the United States on a Rockefeller Foundation fellowship from 1949 to 1951 was a fruitful one for his orchestral writing, another notable area of his work; during this time he composed the Tanglewood Overture for Serge Koussevitsky, and the Berkshire Symphonies, later used as ballet music by George Balanchine. His compositions were commissioned for state celebrations, including the wedding and the coronation of Queen Beatrix and the silver jubilee of Queen Juliana.
In addition to the theatre works he is most noted for, Andriessen was also a prolific composer of chamber and vocal works, many of which were meant to be performed by amateurs; he has also been a director for television.
This article uses material from the Wikipedia article
Jurriaan Andriessen (composer)
, which is released under the
Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.
Interesting links - Jurriaan Andriessen
Top Playlists
See all ›Trending right now on mozaart
1
ROCKSTAR (feat. Roddy Ricch)
DaBaby, Roddy Ricch
2
For The Night (feat. Lil Baby & DaBaby)
Pop Smoke, Lil Baby, DaBaby
3
Watermelon Sugar
Harry Styles
4
The Woo (feat. 50 Cent & Roddy Ricch)
Pop Smoke, 50 Cent, Roddy Ricch
5
WHATS POPPIN (feat. DaBaby, Tory Lanez & Lil Wayne) - Remix
Jack Harlow, DaBaby, Lil Wayne, Tory Lanez
6
Blinding Lights
The Weeknd
7
Blueberry Faygo
Lil Mosey
8
Party Girl
StaySolidRocky
9
Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat)
Jawsh 685, Jason Derulo
10
We Paid (feat. 42 Dugg)
Lil Baby, 42 Dugg
Hottest videos on mozaart right now
Share
Sharing is caring! Thank you for spreading the word!
Help us
Give us your feedback
- OR -
No account yet? Join us!
Create account
Create account
- OR -
{{ translate(errors.email[0]) }}
Already have an account?
Login
Login