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Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman (4 August 1892 – 8 October 1971) was a Dutch composer. She was born in Rotterdam, and began composing in 1917 without instruction. In 1937 she studied orchestration with Eduard Flipse and became successful as a composer in the 1940s and 1950s.
In August 1914 she married writer Ferdinand Bordewijk, who contributed lyrics to some of her works, and had a son Robert and daughter Nina. She received an award in 1943 for her ''Piano Sonata'' and died in The Hague.
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bordewijk-Roepman, Johanna 1892 births 1971 deaths 20th-century classical composers Dutch women classical composers Musicians from Rotterdam Dutch classical composers Composers for carillon 20th-century women composers
Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman (4 August 1892 – 8 October 1971) was a Dutch composer. She was born in Rotterdam, and began composing in 1917 without instruction. In 1937 she studied orchestration with Eduard Flipse and became successful as a composer in the 1940s and 1950s.
In August 1914 she married writer Ferdinand Bordewijk, who contributed lyrics to some of her works, and had a son Robert and daughter Nina. She received an award in 1943 for her ''Piano Sonata'' and died in The Hague.
Works
Selected works include: *''Variations II, op. 6'' for piano (1919) *''The Garden of Allah'' for orchestra, after novel by Robert Smythe Hitchens (1936) *''Polish Suite'' for orchestra (1937) *''Sextet in C major'' for wind instruments (1938) *''Elog du Vent'', text Adolphe Retté, for soprano solo, female choir and orchestra (1939) *''Piano Concerto in A-flat major'' (1940) *''Les Illuminations'', text Arthur Rimbaud, for voice and orchestra (1940) *''Roundabout'', opera/operetta in a company, libretto F. Bordewijk (1941) *''Symphony'' (1942) *''Sonata in E major'' for piano (1943) *''Epilogue'' for orchestra (1943) *''Mother of the Fatherland'', for the 50-year jubilee of Queen Wilhelmina (1948) *''Plato's death'', words F. Bordewijk, symphonic poem for narrator, solo voice, chorus and symphony orchestra (1949) *''Praeludium and Fugue'' forcarillon
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(1950)
*''The sacred circle'' for four-voice choir (1950)
*''Triptych for carillon'' (1951)
*''Roepman'', for voice unaccompanied (1953)
*''Reconstruction'' for four- male chorus a cappella (1954)
*''The moon'', text Emily Dickinson, for chorus a cappella (1961)
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