Jacob de Vos Jbzn (1803-1878) was een telg uit een familie van doopsgezinde assuradeurs, die een eeuw lang een toonaangevende rol speelde in het Amsterdamse culturele leven. Evenals zijn oudoom Jacob de Vos Jbzn (1735-1833) en vader Jacob... more
Jacob de Vos Jbzn (1803-1878) was een telg uit een familie van doopsgezinde assuradeurs, die een eeuw lang een toonaangevende rol speelde in het Amsterdamse culturele leven. Evenals zijn oudoom Jacob de Vos Jbzn (1735-1833) en vader Jacob de Vos Wzn (1774-1844) kunstverzamelaar. Bracht een belangrijke collectie tekeningen en prenten van zeventiende-eeuwse Hollandse meesters bijeen, waaronder vele Rembrandts. Stichter van de historische galerij De Vos, een particulier museum bestaande uit 253 in zijn opdracht vervaardigde olieverfschetsen van taferelen uit de vaderlandse geschiedenis. Groot muziekliefhebber. Trad in een aantal Felix Meritis-concerten op als fluitsolist. Ook bekend als filantroop. Stichtte samen met zijn echtgenote Henriëtte Wurfbain, dochter van een steenrijke effectenmakelaar, het Henriëttehofje aan de Stadhouderskade. De veiling van zijn kunstcollectie in 1883 vormde de aanleiding tot de oprichting van de Vereniging Rembrandt.
The Instant Composers Pool and Improvisation Beyond Jazz contributes to the expansion and diversification of our understanding of the jazz tradition by describing the history and practice of one of the most important non-American jazz... more
The Instant Composers Pool and Improvisation Beyond Jazz contributes to the expansion and diversification of our understanding of the jazz tradition by describing the history and practice of one of the most important non-American jazz groups: The Instant Composers Pool, founded in Amsterdam in 1967.
The book describes the meaning of “instant composition” from both a historical and ethnographic perspective. Historically, it details instant composition’s emergence from the encounter between various overlapping transnational avant-gardes, including free jazz, serialism, experimental music, electronic music, and Fluxus. The author shows how the improvising musicians not only engaged with the cultural politics of ethnicity and race involved in the negotiation of the boundaries of jazz as a cultural practice, but transformed the meaning of music in society—particularly the nature of improvisation and performance. Ethnographically, The Instant Composers Pool encourages readers to reconsider the conceptual tools we use to describe music performance, improvisation, and creativity. It takes the practice of “instant composition” as an opportunity to reflect on music performance as a social practice, which is crucial not only for jazz studies, but also for general music scholarship.
De van oorsprong Duitse wetenschapper Theodor Wilhelm Engelmann (1843-1909) en diens tweede vrouw, de pianiste Emma Brandes (1853-1940), drukten aan het eind van de 19e eeuw hun stempel op het Utrechtse muziekleven. Inclusief sociogram.
This article describes how the Dutch pop phenomenon Kinderen voor Kinderen mirrors the Zeitgeist of societal changes in the Netherlands. Strongly rooted in the left-winged pillar of the system of pillarization (verzuiling), Kinderen voor... more
This article describes how the Dutch pop phenomenon Kinderen voor Kinderen mirrors the Zeitgeist of societal changes in the Netherlands. Strongly rooted in the left-winged pillar of the system of pillarization (verzuiling), Kinderen voor Kinderen dared to address controversial topics like the fear for the atom bomb, the changing female body in puberty, homosexuality and diversity. Bespreekbaarheid is the key word for our three case studies. The first – Brief aan Ernst – is an answer song for Doe Maar, a reaction to the doemdenken. The second one – Het Tietenlied – breaks the taboo of developing breasts. Lastly, the third case study – Kom erbij –is about diversity and gender issues.
My friend Mirjam and I wrote a portrait of the musician Johann Kufferath for "Oud Utrecht", a Dutch magazine about the history of Utrecht. In Dutch. One of Kufferath's compositions can be heard here:... more
My friend Mirjam and I wrote a portrait of the musician Johann Kufferath for "Oud Utrecht", a Dutch magazine about the history of Utrecht. In Dutch. One of Kufferath's compositions can be heard here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZoGcqlTDGk
This data paper accompanies the database Operatic productions in the Netherlands, an open dataset containing details on over five thousand opera productions in the Netherlands between 1885 and 1995 extracted from the Annalen van de... more
This data paper accompanies the database Operatic productions in the Netherlands, an open dataset containing details on over five thousand opera productions in the Netherlands between 1885 and 1995 extracted from the Annalen van de Nederlandse Opera-gezelschappen (Annals of the Opera Companies in the Netherlands), which appeared in book form in 1996. These data give an extremely rich account of the performance history of operatic works and the personnel involved in their production. Since the original publication lacks a critical introduction, the authors have attempted to reconstruct the origins and systematics of the collection. They also discuss the attributes of the data and the basic data structure in order to give users relevant information to use and restructure the data for their interests. The data structure and metadata classifications are based on an inventory of the classifications used in existing performing arts databases across Europe. This facilitates future connections to other relevant performing arts datasets. The transfer of the Annals into a relational database finally brings out their full research potential.
