Henriëtte Bosmans - Impressions (1926)

Henriëtte Hilda Bosmans (6 December 1895 - 2 July 1952) was a Dutch composer and pianist. Bosmans was born in Amsterdam, the daughter of Henri Bosmans (1856-1896), principal cellist of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, and the pianist Sarah Benedicts, piano teacher at the Amsterdam Conservatory. Her father died when she was six months old. She studied piano with her mother and composition with Jan Willem Kersbergen, Cornelis Dopper and Willem Pijper. She became a piano teacher herself at the age of 17. Bosmans had relationships with both men and women, with whom she often also collaborated musically. She was partnered from 1920-1927 to the Dutch cellist and conductor Frieda Belinfante, a prominent lesbian and member of the Dutch Resistance during World War II, who in 1923 premiered Bosmans' Second Cello Concerto. She was later engaged, briefly, to the violinist Francis Koene, who died from a brain tumor in 1934, before they could be married. Bosmans died from stomach cancer in 1952, aged 56 years, in Amsterdam. Her grave is in the city's Zorgvlied cemetery.
The Henriëtte Bosmans Prize, named after Bosmans, is an encouragement prize for young Dutch composers. The prize, consisting of €2500 (US$3500) and a performance, has been awarded since 1994 by the Society of Dutch Composers. In 2017, Dutch-Canadian singer Pauline van der Roest gave a concert of works by Bosmans, in Ottawa. In 2020, North American musicians Leah Plave and Dan Sato made a new recording of the complete works of Bosmans for cello and piano.
Timestamps:
0:00 I. Cortège
5:07 II. Nuit Calme
12:06 III. En Espagne
Doris Hochscheid, cello
Frans van Ruth, piano

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thanks!

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Belle musique , vigoureuse, énergique, une caractéristique de la musique de la Bosmans, mais aussi fortement mélodique... tout ce j'ai écouté, à partir de sa somptueuse sonate pour violoncelle m'a toujours intéressé et plu ❤