Cor Kee

Cor Kee (born November 24, 1900 in Zaandam ; † January 3, 1997 ibid) was a Dutch organist and composer .

Life

Cor Kee was a student of Jan Zwart , with the exception of the period between 1917 and 1918 when he attended a course at the Amsterdam Conservatory . During this period Jean-Baptiste de Pauw was his organ teacher.

For a long time Cor Kee was a specialist organ teacher at the Utrecht Conservatory and a lecturer in improvisation at the international summer academy in Haarlem . He also appeared regularly as a guest lecturer at various foreign courses.

The level of his improvisation students was excellent; some of them won first prizes at the International Organ Improvisation Concours in Haarlem and the National Organ Improvisation Concours in Bolsward .

From 1922 to 1924 Kee was organist at the Singelkerk in Amsterdam . He then worked in the Ronde Lutherse Kerk in Amsterdam. He played the organ there until the Protestant congregation closed the church for services in January 1935. Since then Cor Kee has played in the Oude Lutherse Kerk on the Spui , where he celebrated his silver jubilee in 1964 as organist of the evangelical community.

Kee became known as a composer through his three collections "Psalmen voor Orgel", "Reeksveranderingen in four secties" and "Phases for Organ". In 1975 the composition “Amsterdam, 700 jaar lusthof” came about, which was published in the composer's handwriting.

Cor Kee was the father of the organist Piet Kee .