Denis Coolwijk

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Den (n) is Herbert Coolwijk ([ ˈkoːl.ʋɛi̯ɡ ], born July 14, 1912 in 's-Gravenhage ) is a Dutch pianist and composer .

biography

Coolwijk was born in 's-Gravenhage in 1912 as the son of Herrebertus Theodorus Coolwijk and Elsie Marie Cownie. He began his musical training with Willem Petri in Utrecht . He then studied with Hugo Godron and Georges Enderlé . In 1931 Coolwijk married Nini Oldenboom. During this time, the musician was already composing piano pieces. Coolwijk also wrote articles about new pieces of music in the Grammophoon revue . After their daughter Else was born in 1932, the two parents divorced a year later.

Coolwijk then moved to the Dutch colony of Indonesia . There he married his old childhood friend Elisabeth "Bep" Rietveld, daughter of the well-known Dutch architect Gerrit Rietveld . Shortly afterwards the two children Vrouwke (1939) and Elsie (1941) were born. During World War II, he and his family were detained in a Japanese internment camp . After the war, Elisabeth Rietveld separated from Coolwijk and went back to the Netherlands with the children. Coolwijk also left the colony and returned to Utrecht. There he then worked as a piano teacher and piano tuner.

Works

  • The book of Peter (1932)
  • Sproke-Sprenkels (1935)
  • Three Voordrachtstudies (1942)
  • Puck (1945)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Extract from the birth register
  2. ↑ Het Utrechts Archief
  3. ↑ Genealogy of the family ( Memento from March 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ^ Bep Rietveld's curriculum vitae
  5. ↑ Delpher Kranten - Article about Elisabeth Rietveld
personal data
SURNAME Coolwijk, Denis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Coolwijk, Denis Herbert; Coolwijk, Dennis Herbert; Coolwijk, Dennis H.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch pianist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH July 14, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH 's-Gravenhage