Patrick van Deurzen (

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composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

Biography

Patrick Deurzen studied

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with Dick Hoogeveen and

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 Peter-Jan Wagemans and Jan Kleinbussink at the

Rotterdam Conservatory Codarts University for the Arts ( nl, Codarts hogeschool voor de kunsten) is a Dutch vocational university in Rotterdam that teaches music, dance and circus. It was established in its present location in 2000. History Codarts can trace its origin ...

. As a composer he is self-taught but attended classes of instrumentation Klaas de Vries with whom he has had regular work meetings. He also received some composition lessons from Wagemans. He worked as a guitarist, conductor, singer and wrote several articles on 20th-century music. He also worked on several documentaries for the NPS, which include Schoenberg's Moses and Aaron and

Alban Berg Alban Maria Johannes Berg ( , ; 9 February 1885 – 24 December 1935) was an Austrian composer of the Second Viennese School. His compositional style combined Romantic lyricism with the twelve-tone technique. Although he left a relatively sma ...

s violin concerto. Currently he is active as a composer and teaches at the

Royal Conservatory in The Hague The Royal Conservatoire ( nl, Koninklijk Conservatorium, KC) is a conservatoire in The Hague, providing higher education in music and dance. The conservatoire was founded by King William I in 1826, making it the oldest conservatoire in the Netherl ...

and

Codarts Codarts University for the Arts ( nl, Codarts hogeschool voor de kunsten) is a Dutch vocational university in Rotterdam that teaches music, dance and circus. It was established in its present location in 2000. History Codarts can trace its origin ...

Rotterdam. The idea that Pavlovian association is a feature that makes man unique is the starting point of Van Deurzens composing. Deurzen also often adds text that the musicians should recite to add a different level of meaning to the composition, as in his quintet ''Choral, Prelude & Fugue'' (2005) where each part contains texts of

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. In 2002 he won the Second international composition competition for choral music in Hasselt (Belgium), ''Deux poèmes the

Baudelaire Charles Pierre Baudelaire (, ; ; 9 April 1821 – 31 August 1867) was a French poet who also produced notable work as an essayist and art critic. His poems exhibit mastery in the handling of rhyme and rhythm, contain an exoticism inherited fro ...

'' for a cappella choir, conducted by the Flemish Radio Choir.

Compositions

* Tornado (2011, Orchestra. Strings, 2 oboes, 2 horns) * Monologue (2011, Cello) *Turris Babel (2010, Female quintet, stones, sticks and water; text from

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and the Bible) *Three Songs (2010, Singer, Guitar; Poems by Marianne Grootenboer) * Improvising on Bach's Prelude in C minor (2009, Piano) * Love Song (2009, Male quintet and string quartet) * Turris Babel (2009, pre-study, Female quintet) * Les Tènébres (2008, Voice, piano and optional film; text from Baudelaire) * Wahnbrot, sechs chorstücke nach Paul Celan (2008, Mixed choir) * If I were God (2007, Mixed choir with viola and cello; text by

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) * Thank God Sylvia! We're alive! (2007, Orchestra. Strings and Percussion) * Geheime Tuin (Secret Garden, poems by

Hendrik de Vries Hendrik (Henry) de Vries (17 August 1896 in Groningen, Netherlands – 18 November 1989 in Haren, Netherlands) was a significant Dutch poet and painter. He was an early surrealist, was liberal-minded, and preached vitality. The subconscious ...

) (2007, Two soprano's, soprano-/altsax, harmonium, percussion) * Seven (2006, String quartet) * ceux qui sont venus du ciel (2006, A-clarinet) * Six: a line is a dot that went for a walk (2006, Flugelhorn, Percussion, Double bas) * Choral, Fugue e Prelude (2005, Wind quintet) * Eight scenes from Alice (2005, Female choir, percussion) * Langs de Randen van de Nacht (Past the edges of the night) (2005, Horn, Strings, harp, percussion) * Three (2005, Violin, Horn, percussion) * Duo (2002, Clarinet, Oboe) * Cantigas d'amor (2001, Singer, Piano) * Four solo's for Bass clarinet (2001, Bass clarinet) * Deux poèmes de Baudelaire (2001, Mixed choir)

External links

Patrick van Deurzen Donemus

Website Patrick van Deurzen Muziek Centrum Nederland
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Concertzender: Strijkkwartet no 1. "Seven" performed by the DoelenKwartet

Referential Networks
Research paper Patrick van Deurzen {{DEFAULTSORT:Deurzen, Patrick Van 1964 births Living people Dutch composers Musicians from Eindhoven Codarts University for the Arts alumni Academic staff of the Royal Conservatory of The Hague