Joan Adriaan Hugo van Zuylen van Nijevelt

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Joan Adriaan Hugo Baron van Zuylen van Nijevelt (born February 5, 1854 in The Hague , † June 16, 1940 in Doorn ) was a Dutch chamberlain and conductor from the Van Zuylen van Nijevelt family.

background

He was born in the family of the Chamberlain of King Hugo Ferdinand Baron van Zuylen van Nijevelt and Wilhelmina Louisa Frederika Countess van Limburg Stirum. His grandfather was the politician Jan Adriaan van Zuylen van Nijevelt. He was married to Jonkvrouw Ada Wilhelmina van Loon. He was a knight of the Order of the Dutch Lion , Commander of the House Order of Orange and holder of the Order of Merit of Waldeck and Pyrmont . He was a member of the Carnegie Stichting, a foundation in The Hague . In 1924, in honor of his seventieth birthday, a plaque designed by Gerrit Vrint (1870–1954) was placed on the Gebouw voor kunsten en wetenschappen (Building of the Arts and Sciences) in The Hague. Because of his poor health, the couple retired to the "Hyde Park" estate in 1927, where they remained until their death (his wife died in 1939). Its archive is in the possession of the Nationaal Archief .

Life's work

From 1883 he was chamberlain in the extraordinary service of King Wilhelm III. and later by Queen Wilhelmina . In 1876 he received his doctorate in law from the College of Leiden. From 1886 he was then a member of The Hague City Council for 31 years. He was also commissioner of the Billiton Maatschappij and the mining company Stannum in The Hague.

His music education began at the age of six. He was tutored by Izaak Stortenbeker (court pianist), Jan George Mulder (violin and viola) and Wilhelm Heinrich Christoph Schmölling (music theory). His debut as a conductor took place in 1888 at the Kurhaus in Scheveningen . He was regarded as a connoisseur of the works of Johannes Brahms , whose works he had regularly performed. He himself conducted the so-called “People's Concerts” in The Hague for a while. These were later taken over by Henri Viotta . Van Zuylen was then responsible for the winter concerts, which he directed until 1927. In 1904 he founded the Residentie Orkest with Viotta and was chairman of the orchestra from 1904 to 1926. As a conductor, he led the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam three times . He was also secretary of the supervisory board of the Koninklijk Conservatorium Den Haag for several years .

He published Muzuellen studiën and the article Muzikaal Den Haag voor 50 jaar and De violoncel in the music journal Euphonia (1918).

Literature and Sources

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Delftsche courant, April 29, 1924
  2. ^ Joan Adriaan Hugo van Zuylen van Nijevelt: Stellingen ter Verkrijging van den graad van Doctor in het Romeinsch en hedendaagsch right . Leiden 1876, OCLC 65040284 .
  3. ↑ Izaak Stortenbeker was also the piano teacher of King Willem III of the Netherlands and Queen Wilhelmina
  4. ^ Joan Adriaan Hugo van Zuylen van Nijevelt: MuzISCHE studiën . Van Stockum, 's-Gravenhage 1892, OCLC 65755326 .
personal data
SURNAME Zuylen van Nijevelt, Joan Adriaan Hugo van
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Baron van Zuylen van Nijevelt, Joan Adriaan Hugo (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch chamberlain and conductor from the Van Zuylen van Nijevelt family
DATE OF BIRTH February 5, 1854
PLACE OF BIRTH The hague
DATE OF DEATH June 16, 1940
Place of death Doorn