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Andriessen
Andriessen is a Dutch patronymic surname meaning son of ''Andries'' cognate to the surnames Andrews and Anderson. People named ''Andriessen'' or ''Andriesse'' include: Andriessen * Adrie Andriessen (1960–2021), Dutch footballer * Anthonie Andriessen (1746–1813), Dutch painter * Christiaan Andriessen (1775–1846), Dutch draftsman, son of Jurriaan Andriessen (artist) * Frans Andriessen (1929–2019), Dutch politician * Hendrick Andriessen (1607–1655), Flemish painter * Hendrik Andriessen (1892–1981), Dutch composer, brother of Willem and Mari * Jurriaan Andriessen (artist) (1742–1819), Dutch decorative painter * Jurriaan Andriessen (composer) (1925–1996), Dutch composer, son of Hendrik Andriessen * Koos Andriessen (1928–2019), Dutch politician * Louis Andriessen (1939–2021), Dutch composer, son of Hendrik Andriessen * Mari Andriessen (1897–1977), Dutch sculptor, brother of Willem and Hendrik * Willem Andriessen (1887–1964), Dutch pianist and composer, brothe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Andriessen
Louis Joseph Andriessen (; 6 June 1939 – 1 July 2021) was a Dutch composer, pianist and academic teacher. Considered the most influential Dutch composer of his generation, he was a central proponent of The Hague school of composition. Although his music was initially dominated by neoclassicism and serialism, his style gradually shifted to a synthesis of American minimalism, jazz and the manner of Stravinsky. Born in Utrecht into a musical family, Andriessen studied with his father, the composer Hendrik Andriessen as well as composers Kees van Baaren and Luciano Berio. Andriessen taught at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague from 1974 to 2012, influencing notable composers. His opera ''La Commedia'', based on Dante's ''Divine Comedy'', won the 2011 Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition and was selected in 2019 by critics at ''The Guardian'' as one of the most outstanding compositions of the 21st century. Life and career Andriessen was born in Utrecht on 6 June 1939 to a musical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frans Andriessen
Franciscus Henricus Johannes Joseph "Frans" Andriessen (2 April 1929 – 22 March 2019) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Catholic People's Party (KVP) and later the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and businessperson who served as European Commissioner from 6 January 1981 until 6 January 1993. Andriessen studied Law at the Utrecht University obtaining a Master of Laws degree. Andriessen worked for a construction institute in Utrecht from October 1953 until February 1967 and as CEO from July 1961. Andriessen was elected as a Member of the House of Representatives after the election of 1967 on 23 February 1967 and served as a frontbencher chairing the House Committee for Public Housing Reform and spokesperson for Housing. On 16 August 1971 the Party Leader and Parliamentary leader Gerard Veringa took a medical leave of absence and Andriessen was selected as his interim successor on 16 August 1971. On 28 September 1971 Veringa unexpectedly announced that he was ste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hendrick Andriessen
Hendrick Andriessen, known as Mancken Heyn ('Limping Henry') (Antwerp, 1607 – Antwerp or Zeeland, 1655) was a Flemish people, Flemish still-life painter. He is known for his vanitas still lifes, which are made up of objects referencing the precariousness of life, and 'smoker' still lifes (the so-called 'toebackjes'), which depict smoking utensils. The artist worked in Antwerp and likely also in the Dutch Republic.Hendrick Andriessen at the Netherlands Institute for Art History Life Very little is known about the artist's life and career.N.S. Baadj, ''Hendrick Andriesen's 'portrait' of King Charles I''... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koos Andriessen
Jacobus Eije "Koos" Andriessen (25 July 1928 – 22 January 2019) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Christian Historical Union (CHU) party and later the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and businessman. Andriessen worked as a researcher at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam from March 1951 until September 1955. Andriessen worked as civil servant for the Ministry of Economic Affairs from September 1955 until November 1959 as Director-General of the department for Political Policy from September 1955 until May 1956 and Director-General of the department for General Economic Policy from May 1956 until September 1959. Andriessen worked as professor of Political economy at the University of Amsterdam from 15 September 1959 until 24 July 1963. Andriessen also worked as a financial adviser for the Ministry of Finance from 15 September 1959 until 24 July 1963. After the election of 1963 Andriessen was appointed as Minister of Economic Affairs in the Cabinet Marijnen, taking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrie Andriessen
Adrianus "Aad" Andriessen (13 December 1960 – 4 December 2021) was a Dutch footballer. He played for Sparta Rotterdam as a central defender from 1980 until 1987 when a knee injury forced him to retire. He went on to become a trainer in the regional amateur leagues. Biography In 1980, Andriessen made his début for Sparta Rotterdam after he had played in the club's youth. In his third season there, he became central defender for the team. On 2 October 1985, he scored from a penalty against Hamburger SV during a UEFA Cup match which resulted in a victory for Sparta. In 1987, a knee injury forced Andriessen to retire. He made a total of 157 official appearances for Sparta. Andriessen went on to become a trainer of amateur teams, starting on an ASWH youth team. He worked for Excelsior Maassluis, VV Zwaluwen, VV Capelle, VV Heerjansdam, Achilles Veen among others. He was also active as scout for Sparta. In 2012, Andriessen suffered a cerebral infarction. He died on 4 December ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jurriaan Andriessen (composer)
Jurriaan Hendrik Andriessen (15 November 1925, Haarlem - 23 August 1996, The Hague) was a Dutch composer. Andriessen studied composition with his father Hendrik at the Utrecht Conservatory before moving to Paris where he studied with Olivier Messiaen. His brother Louis Andriessen (1939-2021) was also a composer and pianist, as well as his uncle Willem (1887-1964). Career 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, o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hendrik Andriessen
Hendrik Franciscus Andriessen (17 September 1892 – 12 April 1981) was a Dutch composer and organist. He is remembered most of all for his improvisation at the organ and for the renewal of Catholic liturgical music in the Netherlands. Andriessen composed in a musical idiom that revealed strong French influences. He was the brother of pianist and composer Willem Andriessen and the father of the composers Jurriaan Andriessen and Louis Andriessen and of the flautist Heleen Andriessen. Life and career Andriessen was born in Haarlem, the son of Gezina Johanna (Vester), a painter, and Nicolaas Hendrik Andriessen, a church organist. He studied composition with Bernard Zweers and organ with at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. As the organist at St. Catherine's Cathedral, Utrecht, he became well known for his improvisation abilities. From 1926 to 1954, he lectured in composition and music theory at the Amsterdam Conservatory while also teaching at the Institute for Catholic Church ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willem Andriessen
Willem Andriessen (Haarlem, October 25, 1887 – Amsterdam, March 29, 1964) was a Dutch pianist and composer. His compositional output was small due to the demands of performance and teaching, but he was nonetheless awarded a number of compositional prizes in Belgium and the Netherlands. He was an uncle of Louis Andriessen and Jurriaan Andriessen, who followed in his footsteps as composers. Biography Andriessen studied at the Amsterdam Conservatory, completing his studies in 1906, and was awarded the school's Outstanding Achievement Prize for piano. He appeared frequently in concert performances in the Netherlands, and was noted for his interpretations of J.S. Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Robert Schumann, though he also played piano pieces from contemporaries such as Debussy, Ravel, Bartók and Pijper. Andriessen taught at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague (1910–18) and following this at the Muziekschool in Rotterdam after 1924. He was appointed director of the Amsterdam Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jurriaan Andriessen (artist)
Jurriaan Andriessen (12 July 1742, Amsterdam - 31 July 1819, Amsterdam) was a Dutch decorative painter and graphic artist. Biography His father was from Brandenburg and his mother was from Holstein. He began his art studies at the age of twelve with the decorative painter Anthony Elliger. Four years later, he worked with Jan Maurits Quinkhard.Profile in the Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie. In 1760, he attended the Technical School in Amsterdam and was awarded first prize for his graduation work in 1766. That same year, he was accepted as a member of the Guild of Saint Luke and received a major order for wall decorations at the Huis te Manpad in Heemstede. He worked with Johannes van Dreght and Reinier Vinkeles. In 1770, he was married. The couple settled in Amsterdam, where he and opened a workshop for making painted wallpaper. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christiaan Andriessen
Christiaan Andriessen, who was born at Amsterdam in 1775, was the son and student of Jurriaan, and became a good painter of history, genre subjects, landscapes, views of towns, and occasionally portraits A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expressions are predominant. The intent is to display the likeness, personality, and even the mood of the person. For this r .... Among his works may be mentioned a Panorama of Amsterdam. He died in 1846. References * External li nk 1775 births 1846 deaths Painters from Amsterdam 19th-century Dutch painters Dutch male painters 19th-century painters of historical subjects 19th-century Dutch male artists {{Netherlands-painter-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mari Andriessen
Mari Silverster Andriessen (4 December 1897 – 7 December 1979) was a Dutch sculptor, best known for his work memorializing victims of the Holocaust. Born and died in Haarlem, Andriessen is buried at the RK Begraafplaats Sint Adelberts in Bloemendaal, the Netherlands. Sculptures * Cornelis Lely * Anne Frank, Amsterdam * Dokwerker, Amsterdam * Vrijheidsbeeld (means Freedom statue), Vrijheidsdreef, Groenendaal park, Heemstede File:Ouwerkerk Phoenixstraat Begraafplaats-Monument Watersn.1953.JPG, Monument North Sea flood 1953 (Ouwerkerk) File:Dokwerker (Amsterdam).JPG, '' De Dokwerker'' (1952) in Amsterdam File:Standbeeld wilhelmina in wilhelminapark.JPG, Statue of Queen Wilhelmina, 1952 (Utrecht) File:VrouwtjevanPutten.jpg, ''Mourning widow'', war monument in Putten (1948) File:Mariabeeld-Antoniuskerkaerdenhout.png, Mary & Jesus (1922) in Aerdenhout Aerdenhout () is a village in the municipality of Bloemendaal, Netherlands. Located in the dunes between Haarlem and the be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Andriessen Bradt
Albert Andriessen Bradt (1607 – June 7, 1686) was one of the earliest Norwegian settlers in New Netherland. In the early records he is often referred to as Albert Noorman ('Norwegian'). Biography Albert Andriessen Bradt (spelled "Bratt" during his lifetime) was born at Fredrikstad in Østfold, Norway. He moved to Amsterdam, Netherlands at a time when commerce between Norwegian and Dutch merchants was well established. In 1636 he joined a party for New Netherland. In a 1636 agreement between Bradt and Kiliaen van Rensselaer, Bradt is listed as a tobacco planter. In the early records, he is sometimes referred to as "Albert the Noorman". On October 8, 1636, the twenty-nine year old Bradt, his wife Annetje, and their two children, Barent and Eva, sailed aboard the ''Wapen Van Rensselaerwyck'', arriving in New Amsterdam on March 4, 1637, after a difficult voyage. During the crossing, on Sunday, November 2, 1636, Annetje gave birth to a son they named "Storm". They would later have fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
