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Of all the composers produced by the Netherlands, only two have achieved world renown: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck in the early seventeenth century and Louis Andriessen today. Nonetheless, so much more Dutch music is worthy of attention. For the first time ever, four centuries of composition in the Netherlands are documented in an alphabetical reference work.The Essential Guide to Dutch Music contains a hundred up-to-the-minute articles written by over forty specialists. Each essay deals with the life and work of an individual composer and is followed by a list of works as well as a discography. A short bibliography for each composer makes suggestions for more specialized reading.The Essential Guide to Dutch Music is an indispensable and convenient source of information for anyone with a particular affection for the music of the Netherlands.
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The Essential Guide to Dutch Music: 100 Composers and Their Work
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