Albert Bernhard van Raalte (21 May 1890, Amsterdam – 23 November 1952) was a Dutch conductor, the son of Izak van Raalte and Carolina van Engel. He began music studies at age 7, from such teachers as Herman Meerlo and Arnold Drilsma (both violin), and J.W. Kersbergen (piano).
From 1906 to 1909, van Raalte studied at the
Hochschule für Musik Köln, where his teachers included
Fritz Steinbach (conducting),
Bram Eldering
Abraham "Bram" Eldering (8 July 1865 – 17 June 1943) was a Dutch violinist and music pedagogue.
Life
Born in Groningen, Bram (abbreviation of ''Abraham'') Eldering studied violin with Jenő Hubay at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels. Aft ...
(
violin),
Lazzaro Uzielli
Lazzaro Uzielli (4 February 1861 − 8 October 1943) was an Italian pianist and music educator.
Life
Born in Florence, Uzielli studied in his home town with Luigi Vannuccini und Giuseppe Buonamici, then with Ernst Rudorff in Berlin, and with ...
(piano), and Waldemar von Baussern (
harmony
In music, harmony is the process by which individual sounds are joined together or composed into whole units or compositions. Often, the term harmony refers to simultaneously occurring frequencies, pitches ( tones, notes), or chords. However ...
and
counterpoint
In music, counterpoint is the relationship between two or more musical lines (or voices) which are harmonically interdependent yet independent in rhythm and melodic contour. It has been most commonly identified in the European classical tradi ...
). He later pursued further studies in
music theory
Music theory is the study of the practices and possibilities of music. ''The Oxford Companion to Music'' describes three interrelated uses of the term "music theory". The first is the "rudiments", that are needed to understand music notation (ke ...
with
Max Reger
Johann Baptist Joseph Maximilian Reger (19 March 187311 May 1916) was a German composer, pianist, organist, conductor, and academic teacher. He worked as a concert pianist, as a musical director at the Paulinerkirche, Leipzig, Leipzig University ...
and in conducting with
Bruno Walter and
Camille Saint-Saëns
Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (; 9 October 183516 December 1921) was a French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic music, Romantic era. His best-known works include Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (1863), the Piano C ...
. His conducting career began with a 1909 concert at the ''Musikalische Gesellschaft'' in Cologne. In 1911–1912, he was a
répétiteur at
La Monnaie (Brussels). He worked as an
opera conductor in Germany and the Netherlands from 1912 until the outbreak of World War II.
From 1928 to 1940, van Raalte conducted concerts on Dutch radio (
AVRO
AVRO, short for Algemene Vereniging Radio Omroep ("General Association of Radio Broadcasting"), was a Dutch public broadcasting association operating within the framework of the Nederlandse Publieke Omroep system. It was the first public broad ...
),
until his dismissal during World War II. After the war, from 1945 to 1949, he served as the first principal conductor of the
Radio Filharmonisch Orkest. He also undertook guest conducting opportunities, such as with the Scottish
ationalOrchestra.
Van Raalte married Helena Wilhelmina Sophia Horneman on 23 July 1918. The couple had one son.
References
External links
Biography of Albert van Raalte from the Huygens Instituut voor Nederlandse Geschiedenis
1890 births
1952 deaths
Dutch conductors (music)
Male conductors (music)
Musicians from Amsterdam
20th-century conductors (music)
Répétiteurs
20th-century Dutch male musicians
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