Tan Crone (born

's-Hertogenbosch s-Hertogenbosch (), colloquially known as Den Bosch (), is a city and municipality in the Netherlands with a population of 157,486. It is the capital of the province of North Brabant and its fourth largest by population. The city is south of th ...

, Netherlands, 2 March 1930; died Wassenaar, Netherlands, 17 January 2009) was a noted Dutch classical pianist. She performed and recorded both as a soloist and an accompanist. She studied at the

Amsterdam Conservatory The Conservatorium van Amsterdam (CvA) is a Dutch conservatoire of music located in Amsterdam. This school is the music division of the Amsterdam University of the Arts, the city's vocational university of arts. The Conservatorium van Amsterdam ...

, then with

Nadia Boulanger Juliette Nadia Boulanger (; 16 September 188722 October 1979) was a French music teacher and conductor. She taught many of the leading composers and musicians of the 20th century, and also performed occasionally as a pianist and organist. From a ...

in Paris, and finally in the United States at the

New England Conservatory The New England Conservatory of Music (NEC) is a private music school in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the oldest independent music conservatory in the United States and among the most prestigious in the world. The conservatory is located on Hu ...

and

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. She taught at the New England Conservatory, the

Conservatorium Maastricht The Maastricht Academy of Music, Dutch: ''Conservatorium Maastricht'', located in the city of Maastricht, is one of nine music academies in the Netherlands. The academy is a faculty of the Zuyd University of Applied Sciences (Hogeschool Zuyd in D ...

, and the Royal Conservatory of The Hague. Crone often served as an accompanist for

art songs An art song is a Western world, Western vocal music Musical composition, composition, usually written for one voice with piano accompaniment, and usually in the classical music, classical art music tradition. By extension, the term "art song" is ...

, and worked with the singers

Roberta Alexander Roberta Alexander (born March 3, 1949) is an American operatic soprano. She began her career as a lyric soprano in 1975 and spent the next three decades performing principal roles with opera houses internationally. Particularly celebrated for he ...

Benita Valente Benita Valente (born October 19, 1934) is an American soprano whose career has encompassed the operatic stage as well as performance of lieder, chamber music and oratorio. She is especially lauded for her interpretations of Mozart and Handel, but ...

Dorothy Dorow Dorothy Dorow (22 August 1930 - 15 April 2017) was an English soprano, mostly active in the contemporary vocal music field. She debuted in her birthplace London in 1958. She has sung world-premieres of works by such composers as György Ligeti, ...

Carolyn Watkinson The English mezzo-soprano Carolyn Watkinson (born 19 March 1949) is a well-known singer of baroque music. Her voice is alternately characterized as mezzo-soprano and contralto. Watkinson was born in Preston and studied at the Royal Manchester ...

, Rachel Ann Morgan,

Yvonne Kenny Yvonne Kenny AM (born 25 November 1950) is an Australian soprano, particularly associated with Handel, Mozart and bel canto roles. Biography Born in Sydney, she first studied at the University of Sydney in science, hoping to become a biochemi ...

John Bröcheler John Bröcheler (born 21 February 1945) is a Dutch operatic baritone who began as a concert singer, specialising in contemporary music such as the world premiere of Mauricio Kagel's ''Mare Nostrum''. His appearance at the Dutch National Opera i ...

Maxim Karolik Maxim Karolik (November 21, 1893 – December 20, 1963), born in what is now Ukraine, he became a featured tenor for the Imperial Russian Grand Opera (later known as the Petrograd Grand Opera). He toured in Europe as a young man. He left Russia d ...

, and Sandra Schwarzhaupt. Her recording with John Bröcheler in 1979 won the "Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik". Crone has released 16 recordings, mostly as an accompanist. She died in Wassenaar, Netherlands, on 17 January 2009.

Discography

*1958 - Maxim Karolik: Russian Art Songs (

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) *1979 - John Bröcheler: Liederrecital, including

Robert Schumann Robert Schumann (; 8 June 181029 July 1856) was a German composer, pianist, and influential music critic. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. Schumann left the study of law, intending to pursue a career a ...

's Dichterliebe ( CBS) *1983 - Carolyn Watkinson: Live at the Wigmore Hall (Bizet, Brahms, and Dvorak) (

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) *1984 - Charles Ives: Songs (2 CDs) (Etcetera) *1985 - Richard Strauss: Lieder (Etcetera) *1986 - Leonard Bernstein: Songs (Etcetera) *1987 - Benjamin Britten: Music for Voice and Piano (Etcetera) *1987 - Giacomo Puccini: Songs and Rare Pieces (Etcetera) *1988 - Samuel Barber: Songs (Etcetera) *1988 - Roberto Gerhard: Schahrazada (Etcetera) *1988 - Dorothy Dorow Sings - Schoenberg: Cabaret Songs; Berg: Lieder; Webern: Seven Early Songs (Etcetera) *1991 - Mozart-Lieder (Live Concert from

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, New York), with Sandra Schwarzhaupt, soprano (Dino Classics) *1992 - John Ireland: English Songs (Etcetera) *1998 - Bernstein Dances: Ballet Revue by

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( Deutsche Grammophon) *1999 - Charles Ives: Lieder, with Veronica Lenz Kuhn (Thorofon) *2000 - Rondom Tan Crone: Zondagmiddagconcerten in de

Amstelkerk The Amstelkerk ( en, Amstel Church) is a Reformed church building in central Amsterdam, Netherlands. It lies in the southern part of the Grachtengordel neighborhood, near the Amstel River, between the Prinsengracht, Reguliersgracht and Keizersgr ...

(Brigadoon)

External links

Tan Crone official siteTan Crone profile
from Etcetera Records site

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Dutch classical pianists Classical accompanists Academic staff of the Royal Conservatory of The Hague New England Conservatory alumni Musicians from 's-Hertogenbosch 1930 births 2009 deaths 20th-century classical pianists {{classical-pianist-stub