Marco de Goeij (born 1967 in Gouda) is a Dutch composer, known for having reconstructed the lost musical score for

Jon Lord John Douglas Lord (9 June 194116 July 2012) was an English orchestral and rock composer, pianist, and Hammond organ player known for his pioneering work in fusing rock with classical or baroque forms, especially with the British rock band Deep ...

's ''

Concerto for Group and Orchestra ''Concerto for Group and Orchestra'' is a live album by Deep Purple and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Malcolm Arnold, recorded at the Royal Albert Hall, London, in September 1969. It consists of a concerto composed by Jon Lord, ...

'' in 1999. De Goeij studied classical guitar at the

Utrecht School of the Arts The HKU University of the Arts Utrecht ( nl, Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht, HKU) is a performing arts and visual arts educational institution in Utrecht, Netherlands. Overview The institution has 680 teachers and staff members. The HKU c ...

, graduating in 1992. He continued to study in Paris, following lessons in modern classical music from Wim Hoogewerf, a Dutch classical guitarist and microtonalist. In the mid-1990s, while writing an article about the ''Concerto for Group and Orchestra'' as recorded by Deep Purple with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, De Goeij learned that the musical score for the concerto had been missing since it was last performed in 1970. He reconstructed the score by listening to CD recordings and watching videos of live performances. When Deep Purple were performing in the Netherlands in 1997, de Goeij presented his work to Jon Lord. After the score had been completed, the reconstructed concerto was played in concert and recorded by Deep Purple with the

London Symphony Orchestra The London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) is a British symphony orchestra based in London. Founded in 1904, the LSO is the oldest of London's symphony orchestras. The LSO was created by a group of players who left Henry Wood's Queen's Hall Orc ...

in 1999. Since then, it has been played as part of a 2000–2001 world tour, and on several occasions afterwards. Nowadays Marco de Goeij lives in

Bodegraven Bodegraven () is a town and former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The former municipality covers an area of of which is water. The former municipality of Bodegraven also includes the communities Me ...

. He is active as a composer and arranger, having written pieces for carillon,

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...

cello The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a bowed (sometimes plucked and occasionally hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually tuned in perfect fifths: from low to high, C2, G ...

, pipe organ and

brass Brass is an alloy of copper (Cu) and zinc (Zn), in proportions which can be varied to achieve different mechanical, electrical, and chemical properties. It is a substitutional alloy: atoms of the two constituents may replace each other wit ...

. His original compositions include ''Dialogue'' (1989) for saxophone and piano, ''Canticles, four songs for mourning'' (1996) and ''A Rainy Day with Carillons'' (1997) for carillon, and two works for brass trio titled ''Intrada'' (2007) and ''Jazz Impromptus'' (2012).Program of a 2001 carillon concert by Gideon Bodden
/ref>

External links

Performance of Dialogue, composed by Marco de Goeij for saxophone and piano in 1989.

Performance of L.M. Gottschalk's 'The Dying Poet', arranged for carillon by Marco de Goeij.

Performance of 'Intrada', composed by Marco de Goeij for brass trio in 2007.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Goeij, Marco De 1967 births Living people Composers for carillon Dutch composers People from Gouda, South Holland Utrecht School of the Arts alumni