Simeon ten Holt (24 January 1923 – 25 November 2012) was a Dutch contemporary classical composer.
Ten Holt was born in Bergen, North Holland, and studied with Jakob van Domselaer, eventually developing a highly personal style of minimal composition. Van Domselaer's influence on ten Holt's musical philosophy was considerable, with the younger composer picking up van Domselaer's interests in the links between music and visual art, in music's relationship with mathematics, and in the use of the piano as a principal instrument in his compositions.
Ten Holt generally used consonant, tonal materials and his works are organized in numerous cells, made up of a few measures each, which are repeated ad libitum according to the player's preference. Many of his works are for piano or ensembles of multiple pianos. His most famous work is Canto Ostinato, which he wrote in 1976 and is considered one of the most famous works in contemporary classical Dutch music history.
Ten Holt died 25 November 2012 in Alkmaar, the Netherlands, aged 89.[1]
^"Simeon ten Holt (89) overleden ("Simeon ten Holt (89) deceased")" (in Dutch). 25 Nov 2012.
SimeontenHolt (24 January 1923 – 25 November 2012) was a Dutch contemporary classical composer. TenHolt was born in Bergen, North Holland, and studied...
ostinato)) is a musical composition written by the Dutch composer SimeontenHolt. The piece was completed in 1976 and performed for the first time in...
performances of the Dutch composers Jakob van Domselaer, Daniel Ruyneman and SimeontenHolt. Kees Wieringa graduated from the Amsterdam Conservatory in Amsterdam...
included on the 1974 album Starless and Bible Black "Canto Ostinato" by SimeontenHolt (1976) John Adams's Short Ride in a Fast Machine (1986) "Perpetuum...
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Hirs (born 1965) Charles Hofmann (1763–1823) Richard Hol (1825–1904) SimeontenHolt (1923–2012) Joachim van den Hove (c. 1567 – 1620) Constantijn Huygens...
wrote one opera, Antigone (1990–1991). Lex van Delden (1919–1988) and SimeontenHolt (1923-2012) were important composers. Louis Andriessen (June 6, 1939...
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piano music by composers including Philip Glass, Ludovico Einaudi and SimeontenHolt. These albums have met with both commercial and critical success: Gramophone...
Leeuw Piet Kee Daan Manneke Fred Momotenko Jan Mul Herman Strategier SimeontenHolt Jan Vriend Ad Wammes Johannes Haarklou Peter Brynie Lindeman Magnar...
for Saxophone Quartet and Orchestra Andrew Glover – Fractured Vistas SimeontenHolt Schaduw noch Prooi, for 2 pianos Eadem sed Aliter, for piano Houtaf...
(Voorspel)—L'ère du Verseau, for orchestra Jacques Hétu – Clarinet Concerto SimeontenHolt – Lemniscaat, for keyboard (1982–1983) Wojciech Kilar – fanfare Victoria...
(1812–1885) Michael Holohan (born 1956) Gustav Holst (1874–1934) SimeontenHolt (1923–2012) Simon Holt (born 1958) Bo Holten (born 1948) Ignaz Holzbauer (1711–1783)...
performance 1981 Krzysztof Penderecki – Symphony No. 2: "Christmas"' SimeontenHolt Natalon in E for piano Bi-Ba-Bo for vocal quartet Peter Maxwell Davies...
Spiegelritter, featuring Edith Mathis, Thomas Moser, Hermann Prey, SimeontenHolt and Theodor Guschlbauer; Deutsche Grammophon 2LP 1981 reissued without...
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