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Jurriaan Andriessen

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Year of Birth:1925
Year of death:1996

Biography

(source: wikipedia)

Jurriaan Hendrik Andriessen (15 November 1925, Haarlem - 23 August 1996, The Hague) was a Dutch composer. Andriessen studied composition with his father Hendrik at the Utrecht Conservatory before moving to Paris where he studied with Olivier Messiaen.
His brother Louis Andriessen (1939-2021) was also a composer and pianist, as well as his uncle Willem (1887-1964).
The bulk of Andriessen's output is for the stage; his study in Paris was primarily in writing film music. He had a variety of... more

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