Hugo de Groot (composer)

Hugo de Groot

Hugo de Groot (born September 8, 1897 in 's-Hertogenbosch , Netherlands ; † November 6, 1986 in Hilversum , Netherlands) was a Dutch composer , conductor and musician .

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At the music school of 's-Hertogenbosch he learned trumpet and violin as a child and played in the municipal orchestra from an early age. After he accompanied silent films as a violinist in cinemas and thus earned a little extra money, he studied at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague , Netherlands. At the age of 18 he already had the right to work as a violin teacher. At the age of 20 he was accepted as a violinist, after passing an appropriate examination, in the world-famous Concertgebouw Orchestra , Amsterdam . Here he worked for three years under the conductor Willem Mengelberg . In order to earn more money, he dared to become the conductor of a cinema orchestra in Amsterdam. When the talkies began, a cinema orchestra was no longer necessary.

Here, too, he was lucky that the Dutch broadcasting company VARA was looking for a conductor for a radio orchestra that was still to be established. From 1929 to 1940 he was the conductor of the VARA radio orchestra. He became known and was a guest conductor with symphony orchestras at home and abroad. The German occupying powers removed him from his position because he was not prepared to continue working under these conditions. After the war he became director of the music department of Wereldoemrop (comparable to Deutschlandfunk). He was also director of a music publisher and guest conductor of various symphony orchestras. He then moved to the broadcasting company AVRO and later to the umbrella organization of the Dutch broadcasting companies, the Nederlandse Radio Unie , as conductor of the Promenade Orchestra .

His oeuvre encompasses more than 1000 compositions in all possible genres.

Works (selection)

Works for wind orchestra

• 1940 Mars voor de Prinsesjes
• 1940 Hollandse Rhapsody
  1. O Nederland let op Uw saek
  2. Een Scheepje
  3. Wilt heden now
  4. Al is ons prins (es) je nog zo small
• 1955 Tyrolienne for 2 clarinets and wind orchestra
• 1960 American Swingmarch
• 1960 Preludio Ritmico Overture
• 1962 Koopvaardijmars
• 1963 Gouden Vleugels
• 1964 Wacht op de Trans for solo trumpet and wind orchestra
• 1970 Images Picturesque Suite
• 1972 Petit Ballet
  1. Polonaise
  2. pas de deux
  3. Valse
  4. finale rythmique
• 1973 Circus Suite
  1. Eléphants - Marcia Maestoso
  2. Clowns - Allegretto Comico
  3. Trapèze - Tempo di Valse
  4. Pony's - Tempo di Galop
• 1974 impulses
• 1975 Thematicos Overture
• 1976 Italia Suite
  1. Tuscan folk song
  2. Venetian Barcarole
  3. Neapolitan tarantella
• 1977 Paraphrase on an Irish Song for baritone solo and wind orchestra
• 1978 Dutch Cavalcade
  1. Equestrian fair
  2. Boerensjees
  3. Hobbelpaardje
• Taptoe Holland March
• Hoor, daar picks up a trumpet scarf Entry march for St. Nikolaus