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Rudolf Escher

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Rudolf George Escher (Amsterdam, January 8, 1912 – De Koog, March 17, 1980) was a Dutch composer and music theoretician. He was born in present-day Indonesia, where his father was employed as a geologist. He received his first piano lessons from his father. In 1922, the family returned to the Netherlands. In 1931, Escher started his study at the Conservatory of Rotterdam, where he studied piano and cello. From 1934 to 1937 he studied composition with Willem Pijper.

Top songs

  1. The Long Christmas Dinner (1960)
  2. The Long Christmas Dinner
  3. Musique pour l'esprit en Deuil
  4. Songs of Love and Eternity: These Are the Days When Birds Come Back
  5. Le Tombeau de Ravel: II. Air
  6. Le vrai visage de la paix
  7. Ciel, air et vents ...: Sonnet
  8. Arcana: I. Preludio
  9. Sonata No. 1: Intrada
  10. Concerto for String Orchestra: I. Canto appassionato, energico alla breve
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  1. Songs of Love and Eternity: II. Wild nights!
  2. Three Poems by W.H. Auden: II. A curse
  3. Concerto voor Strijkorkest: I. Canto appassionato - Energico alla breve
  4. Ciel, air et vents ...: Ode
  5. Songs of Love and Eternity: To Make a Prairie It Takes a Clover
  6. Sonata for Solo Violoncello: II. Andante
  7. Songs of Love and Eternity: I. These are the days when birds come back
  8. Concerto for String Orchestra: II. Rondo mediterraneo, presto
  9. Le Tombeau de Ravel: I. Pavane
  10. Ciel, air et vents ...: Chanson
  11. Air pour charmer un lezard
  12. Three Poems by W.H. Auden: III. Warm are the still and lucky miles
  13. Songs of Love and Eternity: Wild Nights!
  14. Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Piano: I. Intrada — Allegro risoluto — Passaggio
  15. Le Tombeau de Ravel: VI. Air
  16. Songs of Love and Eternity: Heart, We Will Forger Him!
  17. Habanera
  18. Sonata for Solo Violoncello: I. Allegro - Vivace
  19. Three Poems by W.H. Auden: I. If I could tell you
  20. Ciel, air et vents: III. Sonnet
  21. Concerto voor Strijkorkest: II. Rondo mediterraneo - Presto
  22. Songs of Love and Eternity: III. Heart, we will forget him!
  23. Le Tombeau de Ravel: V. Rigaudon
  24. Le Tombeau de Ravel: VII. Hymne
  25. Le Tombeau de Ravel: III. Forlane
  26. Le Tombeau de Ravel: IV. Sarabande
  27. Poems, First and Second Series: Taste a Liquor Never Brewed
  28. Flute Sonata, Op. 16: I. Largo - Vivace
  29. Le Tombeau de Ravel: Forlane
  30. Arcana: II. Toccata
  31. Songs of Love and Eternity: IV. The wind tapped like a tired man
  32. Trio for Clarinet, viola and piano: III. Comodo
  33. Ciel, air et vents: II. Chanson
  34. Concerto for String Orchestra: III. Ciaconna epica, grazioso e con moto
  35. Songs of Love and Eternity: The Wind Tapped Like a Tried Man
  36. Hymne du Grand Meaulnes
  37. Le Tombeau de Ravel: Hymne
  38. Songs of Love and Eternity: V. To Make a Prairie It Takes a Clover
  39. Sonata for Solo Violoncello: III. Presto
  40. Trio à cordes: II. Réminiscences
  41. Le Tombeau de Ravel: Sarabande
  42. Sonata concertante: II. Largo
  43. Trio à cordes: I. Transformations
  44. Sonata No. 1: Allegro
  45. Le Tombeau de Ravel: Rigaudon
  46. Le vrai visage de la paix: Le vrai visage de la paix (1953,rev.1957)
  47. Sonata concertante: I. Allegro agitato
  48. Sonata concertante: III. Lento - Allegrissimo
  49. Ciel, air et vents: I. Ode
  50. Capriccio
  51. Monologue
  52. Three Poems by W.H. Auden: Warm Are The Still and Lucky Miles
  53. Arcana, suite voor piano: III. Ciaccona
  54. I Taste a Liquor Never Brewed: I Taste a Liquor Never Brewed (1955)
  55. Three Poems by W.H. Auden: If I Could Tell You
  56. Arcana: III. Ciaconna
  57. Arcana: IV. Finale
  58. Arcana, suite voor piano: IV. Finale
  59. Concerto voor Strijkorkest: III. Ciaccona epica - Grazioso e con moto
  60. Arcana Suite for piano
  61. Largo from Sinfonia in memoriam Maurice Ravel
  62. Arcana: Preludio
  63. Arcana Suite: Toccata
  64. Le tombeau de Ravel (1952, rev. 1959) - Sarabande (tutti)
  65. Sonatina: Molto tranquillo
  66. Le Tombeau de Ravel: Air
  67. Six epigraphes antiques: Pour remercier la pluie
  68. Six epigraphes antiques: Pour l'Egyptienne
  69. Le Tombeau de Ravel: Pavane, Pour une maison déserte
  70. Six epigraphes antiques: Pour invoquer Pan, dieu du vent d'ete
  71. Six epigraphes antiques: Pour un tombeau sans nom
  72. Six epigraphes antiques: Pour la danseuse aux crotales
  73. Ciel, air et vents for chorus (1957)
  74. Arcana, suite voor piano: I. Preludio
  75. Arcana: Moderato molto
  76. Arcana, suite voor piano: II. Toccata
  77. Largo from the Sinfonia in memoriam Maurice Ravel (1940)
  78. Le vrai visage de la paix (1953 revised 1957)
  79. Arcana Suite Voor Piano: Preludio, Largo
  80. Arcana Suite Voor Piano: Giaccona, Lento Con Grazia
  81. Le tombeau de Ravel: Air I
  82. Six epigraphes antiques: Pour que la nuit soit propice
  83. Arcana: Toccata
  84. Sonatina: Allegro assai
  85. Le Tombeau de Ravel
  86. Three Poems by W.H. Auden: A Curse
  87. Le tombeau de Ravel (1952, rev. 1959) - Air (cello)
  88. Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Piano: II. Passacaglia notturna — Passaggio
  89. Le tombeau de Ravel (1952, rev. 1959) - Air (flute)
  90. Le tombeau de Ravel (1952, rev. 1959) - Hymne (tutti)

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