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Leo Smit

1900-1943 NL
Composer of Classical
A.k.a. Leopold Smit

Dutch composer. Born Amsterdam, 1900; died Sobibor,1943. Loved the Netherlands and Amsterdam with his whole heart and soul. His song "De bruid" for female chorus with its text by Jan Prins is a declaration of love: "The bridegroom was the sun in the springtime and Holland was the bride." Smit's musical ideas, however, actually required years of maturation before they ended up in his compositions; his legacy of works has also taken many years to find its current place in the ears of a growing international audience. -- notes from Etcetera release KTC 1530, "Forbidden Music In World War II".

     
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Four Piano Blues (1926-48): 3. Muted and Sensuous (for William Kapell) on Copland: The Complete Music For Solo Piano by Aaron Copland & Leo Smit
The Young Pioneers (1936) on Copland: The Complete Music For Solo Piano by Aaron Copland & Leo Smit
Three Moods (1920-1921): 3. jazzy on Copland: The Complete Music For Solo Piano by Aaron Copland & Leo Smit
Four Piano Blues (1926-48): 1. Freely Poetic (for Leo Smit) on Copland: The Complete Music For Solo Piano by Aaron Copland & Leo Smit
Night Thoughts (Homage to Ives) (1972) on Copland: The Complete Music For Solo Piano by Aaron Copland & Leo Smit
Midsummer Nocturne (1947) on Copland: The Complete Music For Solo Piano by Aaron Copland & Leo Smit
Passacaglia (1922) on Copland: The Complete Music For Solo Piano by Aaron Copland & Leo Smit
Conversation with Aaron Copoland, Donald L. Leavitt & Leo Smit (Live) on 81st Birthday Concert at the Library of Congress by Aaron Copland, Jan DeGaetani & Leo Smit
In Evening Air (1966) on Copland: The Complete Music For Solo Piano by Aaron Copland & Leo Smit
Four Piano Blues (1926-48): 2. Soft and Languid (for Andor Foldes) on Copland: The Complete Music For Solo Piano by Aaron Copland & Leo Smit

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Discography
Title Artist Year Type
Complete WorksLeo Smit2000Compil.
Leo SmitLeo Smit1998Album
Cello ConcertosWillem Pijper, Henriëtte Bosmans, Hans Kox, Leo Smit – Heinrich Schiff, Dmitri Ferschtman, Quirine Viersen, Pieter Wispelwey, Radio Kamerorkest / Ed Spanjaard1994Album
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