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Leo Smit

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Leopold (Leo) Smit (Amsterdam, 14 May 1900 - Sobibór, 30 April 1943) was a Dutch composer and pianist of Portugese-Jewish descent. Smit studied piano at the Conservatory of Amsterdam with Sem Dresden and Ulfert Schults, and composition with Bernard Zweers and (again) Sem Dresden. In 1927 he moved to Paris, where the music of Maurice Ravel and Igor Stravinsky made a great impression on him. Ten years later he moved back to Amsterdam. Being Jewish, Smit was deported to Sobibór on April 27 1943. Three days later he was murdered there.

Top songs

  1. The Ecstatic Pilgrimage, Cycle 4 "Beyond Circumference": No. 13, I Went to Heaven
  2. Divertimento: II. Lento
  3. Midsummer Nocturne (1947)
  4. Divertimento: I. Allegro ma non troppo
  5. Scherzo Humoristique: The Cat and the Mouse (1920)
  6. Divertimento: III. Allegro con fuoco
  7. Down a Country Lane (1962)
  8. The Ecstatic Pilgrimage, Cycle 4 "Beyond Circumference": No. 6, Of Tolling Bell I Ask the Cause?
  9. In Evening Air (1966)
  10. Passacaglia (1922)
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  1. Piano Variations (1930)
  2. Sentimental Melody (1926)
  3. Dream
  4. Copland: Down A Country Lane
  5. Ossian, Op. 4, No. 1, Ballade
  6. Four Piano Blues (1926-48): 2. Soft and Languid (for Andor Foldes)
  7. Copland: The Cat & The Mouse
  8. Four Piano Blues (1926-48): 1. Freely Poetic (for Leo Smit)
  9. Sonate for Flute and Piano
  10. The Alcotts (From The "Concord" Sonata)
  11. Two Piano Pieces (1982): 1. Midday Thoughts
  12. Four Piano Blues (1926-48): 4. With Bounce (for John Kirkpatrick)
  13. Copland: Piano Variations
  14. Deux hommages: No. 2, Remington
  15. Copland: Sentimental Melody
  16. Deux hommages: No. 1, Sherlock Holmes
  17. The Ecstatic Pilgrimage, Cycle 3 "The Marigold Heart": No. 5, Extol Thee, Could I? Then I Will
  18. Copland: In Evening Air
  19. Copland: Piano Sonata - 2. Vivace
  20. Copland: 3 Moods - Embittered
  21. Copland: Piano Sonata - 3. Andante Sostenuto
  22. Copland: 3 Moods - Jazzy
  23. Copland: The Young Pioneers
  24. Copland: Midsummer Nocturne
  25. Copland: 3 Moods - Wistful
  26. Copland: Petit Portrait
  27. Four Piano Blues (1926-48): 3. Muted and Sensuous (for William Kapell)
  28. The Young Pioneers (1936)
  29. Copland: Passacaglia
  30. Copland: Sunday Afternoon Music
  31. Copland: Midday Thoughts
  32. The Ecstatic Pilgrimage, Cycle 4 "Beyond Circumference": No. 16, What If I Say I Shall Not Wait!
  33. Copland: 4 Piano Blues - Muted & Sensuous
  34. Copland: 4 Piano Blues - Soft & Languid
  35. Copland: Night Thoughts
  36. A Foggy Day
  37. Whistling Tune
  38. Concerto pour piano et orchestre d'harmonie (1937): I. Allegro Moderato
  39. Divertimento: Allegro ma non troppo
  40. Copland: Piano Sonata - 1. Molto Moderato, Allegro
  41. In Evening Air
  42. Copland: Piano Fantasy
  43. Scherzo Humoristique: The Cat and the Mouse
  44. Song of the Deathless Voice
  45. Hommage À Mozart
  46. Passacaglia
  47. Piano Fantasy (1955-57)
  48. Piano Sonata (1939-41): I. Molto moderato
  49. Pastoral Prelude
  50. The Ecstatic Pilgrimage, Cycle 4 "Beyond Circumference": No. 12, At Least to Pray Is Left, Is Left
  51. Copland: 4 Piano Blues - Freely Poetic
  52. Copland: Proclamation
  53. Excursions, Op 20, In Slow Blues Tempo
  54. Down a Country Lane
  55. Aaron Copland (From "13 Portraits For Piano")
  56. Sunday Afternoon Music (1936)
  57. Sonate: Lento
  58. Piano Variations
  59. Petit Portrait (1921)
  60. Copland: 4 Piano Blues - With Bounce
  61. Piano Sonata: II. Vivace
  62. Zero Hour
  63. Night Thoughts (Homage to Ives) (1972)
  64. Sunday Afternoon Music (1935)
  65. Proclamation (1973-1982)
  66. Midsummer Nocturne
  67. Three Moods: Embittered - Wistful - Jazzy
  68. Concerto pour piano et orchestre d'harmonie (1937): II. Lento (Chorale)
  69. Night Thoughts (Hommage to Ives) (1972)
  70. Tzadik
  71. Ostinato (From "7 Characteristic Pieces")
  72. For Lukas Foss (From '5 Anniversaries")
  73. Sentimental Melody
  74. Piano Sonata: III. Andante Sostenuto
  75. Concertino for cello and orchestra (1937)
  76. Sonate: Allegro
  77. Petite Portrait (1921)
  78. Three Moods (1920-1921): 2. wistful
  79. Piano Sonata (1939-41): II. Vivace
  80. Piano Fantasy
  81. Piano Sonata: I. Molto Moderato
  82. Dynamic (From "3 Piano Moods")
  83. The Young Pioneers
  84. Three Moods (1920-1921): 3. jazzy
  85. Kwintet: Lento
  86. Sextet for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn and Piano: I. Allegro Vivace
  87. Sunday Afternoon Music
  88. The Ecstatic Pilgrimage, Cycle 4 "Beyond Circumference": No. 1, The Sun Kept Setting, Setting, Still
  89. Suite Pour Piano: Forlane
  90. Concert - 1

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