Staf Nees
Gustaaf Frans Nees ( Staf Nees for short ) (born December 2, 1901 in Mechelen ; † January 2, 1965 ibid) was a Belgian composer and carillon player . He is the father of the composer Vic Nees .
Life
From 1916 to 1922 he studied at the Conservatory of Music in Mechelen and at the Lemmens Institute in Leuven , where he won the Lemmens Tinel Prize in 1922. His teachers included the Flemish musicians Julius van Nuffel and Lodewijk Mortelmans .
Staf Nees continued his studies with Jef Denijn at the Royal Glockenspielschule in Mechelen (1922–1924). From 1924 he taught at the Lemmens Institute, in 1944 he became director of the Mechelen carillon school. In 1958, Staf Nees won the Babalock Prize.
Works
For carillon (tower carillon)
- Prelude in C
- Rhytmendans
- Inleiding, Lied en Fuga 'Gekwetst ben ik van binnen'
- Prelude Super Te Deum
- Suite for Carillon
- Drie Pedaaloefeningen (1923)
- Toccata after Mailly (1923)
- Variaties op "t Ros Beyaerd" (1929)
- Rondo in oude trant (1933)
- Menuet en Trio (1933)
- Study in d (1933)
- Fantasia I (1933)
- Toccata, Lied en Fuga op 'Daar Staat een klooster in Oostenrijk' (1937)
- Fantasia II (1945)
- Fantasia on old Dutch hymns (1949)
- Klokkendansje (1950)
- Preludium in G (1951)
- Fantasia (postludium) over "O Denneboom" (1951)
- Weemoed (klacht) (1954)
- Feestklokken (1956)
- Parafrase over een own St. Jozefslied (1964)
Oratorios
- Simon Petrus (1935)
- Marien Oratorio (1938)
literature
- In: Alfred Baumgartner: Propylaea world of music - The composers - A lexicon in five volumes . Propylaen Verlag, Berlin 1989, ISBN 3-549-07830-7 , pp. 153/154, volume 4 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nees, Staf |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nees, Gustaaf Frans (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 2, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mechelen , Belgium |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 2, 1965 |
| Place of death | Mechelen , Belgium |