Piet Stalmeier
Petrus Cornelis "Piet" Stalmeier (born July 10, 1912 in Denekamp , Netherlands ; † September 2, 1990 in Vienna ) was a Dutch composer , conductor and musician .
Coming from a musical family, he received violin, piano and clarinet lessons as a young schoolboy. At the age of 11 he was already playing the organ in St. Barbara's Church in Treebeek , Netherlands. He was an avid student at the Heerlen music school . In 1929 he began his studies at the Conservatory of Liege in the subjects piano with Louis Closson , organ with Charles Hens , chamber music with Jules Robert , harmony , counterpoint and composition with François race and A. Marsick . In 1935 he graduated with the Diplom de Virtuosité and the highest honors. He then studied conducting with Henri Hermans in Maastricht . He completed these studies with Eduard Flipse in Rotterdam , who was the conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonic at the time .
Since his father worked as a clarinetist in the wind orchestra of the state mine Emma , he came into direct contact with the medium of the wind orchestra after his studies . He became the conductor of numerous choirs (for example: Rumpens mannenchor, St. David Simpelveld and Kerkrade -Spekholzerheide, choir of the state mines in Treebeek) and wind orchestras (for example: Harpe Davids fanfare orchestra and Concordia wind orchestra both from Treebeek, Heer Vooruit wind orchestra from Heer near Maastricht, Echo der Kempen wind band from Bergeijk , Eendracht maakt Macht wind band from Wessem , St. Caecilia wind band from Hoensbroek ) and the symphony orchestra from Hoensbroek.
In 1986 he was awarded the Nederlandse Blaasmuziek and on April 30, 1987, he was made a Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau by Queen Beatrix . He was a sought-after judge in competitions in Belgium , France , Luxembourg , Italy and of course in the Netherlands.
At the Conservatory in Maastricht he was a lecturer in the conducting of brass bands.
Works
- Works for wind orchestra
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bibliography
- Wolfgang Suppan, Armin Suppan : The New Lexicon of Brass Music , 4th Edition, Freiburg-Tiengen, Blasmusikverlag Schulz GmbH, 1994, ISBN 3-923058-07-1
- Paul E. Bierley, William H. Rehrig: The heritage encyclopedia of band music: composers and their music , Westerville, Ohio: Integrity Press, 1991, ISBN 0-918048-08-7
- Caspar Becx, Loek Paques: Composers en hun Blaasmuziek - Repertorium Notities , Utrecht: Samo Nederland, 1989. ISBN 90-70628-16-3
- Norman E. Smith: March music notes , Lake Charles, La .: Program Note Press, 1986, ISBN 978-0-9617346-1-9
- Paul Frank, Burchard Bulling, Florian Noetzel, Helmut Rosner: Kurzgefasstes Tonkünstler Lexikon - Part Two: Additions and Extensions since 1937 , 15th Edition, Wilhelmshaven: Heinrichshofen, Volume 1: A – K. 1974. ISBN 3-7959-0083-2 ; Volume 2: L-Z. 1976. ISBN 3-7959-0087-5
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| SURNAME | Stalmeier, Piet |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stalmeier, Petrus Cornelis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch composer, conductor and musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 10, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Denekamp , Netherlands |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd September 1990 |
| Place of death | Vienna |