Jan Pieter Hendrik van Gilse

Jan Pieter Hendrik van Gilse (Rotterdam, 11 mei 1881 – Oegstgeest, 8 september 1944) was een Nederlandse componist, dirigent, voorvechter van auteursrechten voor musici en verzetsman. Zie verder Wikipedia

Among composers of the older generation, Jan van Gilse (1881-1944) composed in a style that followed the line of Brahms and Mahler, which is not surprising, given that he studied and worked in Germany for many years during the first decades of the twentieth century. It was not his music that caused trouble: his persistent and active resistance against Nazi occupation meant the end of his career. His music was banned and he was forced to go into hiding. After his two sons were killed in retribution for their resistance activities, Jan van Gilse fell ill at one of the addresses where he was being hidden–the house of his colleague composer Rudolf Escher. He was taken to hospital, died and was buried under a false name. Because Jan van Gilse played an immensely important role in founding the Dutch Composers Association (GeNeCo) and improving social circumstances for composers, his life is well documented. A biography - Jan van Gilse; Warrior and Idealist - has been published by Hans van Dijk. After the war, van Gilse’s music was considered old-fashioned because the German-oriented romantic style was no longer appreciated. Only recently, conductor David Porcelijn rediscovered this music’s high qualities and has started to record van Gilse’s symphonic works for the German label CPO. the Orel Foundation

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