Daniël Belinfante
Daniël Belinfante (born March 6, 1893 in Amsterdam , † probably January 1945 in the Fürstengrube concentration camp ) was a Dutch composer .
Life
Belinfante studied violin and piano. In 1923 he married Martha Dekker, the sister of the writer Maurits Dekker , and from 1928 lived with her in Blaricum in the Netherlands. From 1915 he was director of the Watergraafsmeer music school. From 1942 he participated in the resistance against the German occupation . He helped hide people from the National Socialists and secretly broadcast radio reports. In one of these broadcasts, he was arrested on 19 August 1943 and on the Hollandsche Schouwburg and Westerbork in the Auschwitz deported. In January 1945 he was sent to an external detachment in Fürstengrube . In July 1945 his wife received a report from the Red Cross that her husband had died on January 27, 1945.
estate
The posthumous compositions were handed over to the Nederlands Muziek Instituut in The Hague in 1955 by his widow Martha Belinfante-Dekker (1900–1989) and remained there until 2004. His 90 or so compositions are influenced by Ravel, Debussy, Milhaud and Poulenc.
The scientific processing of his life and work is still pending. The pianist Marcel Worms has included some of his piano compositions in his repertoire.
plant
- 5 solo concerts
- 1 orchestral suite
- 3 string quartets
- 3 sonatas for piano and strings
- 18 piano works
- 2 chamber music works for various ensembles
- 15 pieces for voice and piano
- 12 pieces for voice, choir, piano and orchestra
See also
literature
- B. Braber: Zelfs as wij zullen in love. Joden in verzet en illegaliteit in Nederland 1940-1945 , Amsterdam, 1990, (pp. 144–145).
Web links
- Marcel Worms: Daniel Belinfante. Biography and catalog raisonné. In: Forbidden Music Regained. Retrieved October 4, 2018 .
- Daniël Belinfante (nl) ( Memento from August 18, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Belinfante, Daniël |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 6, 1893 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Amsterdam |
| DATE OF DEATH | uncertain: January 1945 |
| Place of death | Fürstengrube concentration camp |