Clay Kotter

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Anthonius Julius Hendrikus Kotter (born November 9, 1906 in Aalten , Netherlands , † 1991 ) was a Dutch composer and conductor .

At the age of 12 he got private trumpet lessons. When he was 14 years old, he received violin and trumpet lessons at the music school in Nijmegen . Then he made his first private studies in music theory and composition . At the age of 21, he entered the mariners' chapel of the Royal Navy as a trumpeter. At the Hochschule für Musik in Berlin , he studied composition and orchestral direction with Freidenberg . After the Second World War he was the conductor of various wind orchestras, including the wind orchestra of the Police Nijmegen . In 1948 he became conductor of several orchestras in the Tilburg area, including the well-known wind orchestra Sophia's Vereeniging , Loon op Zand , Netherlands, and from 1950 to 1965 of Andels Fanfare , Andel .

In 1965 he took up a position as a lecturer at the Conservatory of the Province of Twente in Enschede for wind orchestra direction .

Works

Works for wind orchestra (selection)

  • 1946 Hunter Mars
  • 1946 Kingsway
  • 1946 Seven up
  • 1954 Feu Sacré
  • 1955 Hops Marching Along
  • 1960 Midway March
  • 1964 Centenaire
  • 1965 Walk over
  • 1968 The Red Jackets
  • 1970 Majorette parade
  • 1972 Floriade
  • 1976 Ambiorix
  • 1981 All In
  • 1985 Concorde
  • The Ambassador
  • Nostalgia for cor anglais and wind orchestra

literature

  • Wolfgang Suppan, Armin Suppan : The New Lexicon of Brass Music , 4th Edition, Freiburg-Tiengen, Blasmusikverlag Schulz GmbH, 1994, ISBN 3-923058-07-1
  • Paul E. Bierley, William H. Rehrig: The Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music - Composers and Their Music , Westerville, Ohio: Integrity Press, 1991, ISBN 0-918048-08-7
personal data
SURNAME Kotter, clay
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kotter, Anthonius Julius Hendrikus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch composer and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH November 9, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Aalten , Netherlands
DATE OF DEATH 1991