Bertus van Lier
1906 - 1972
For a full biography and a complete list of works with links to scores and recordings, visit www.forbiddenmusicregained.org
Composer Bertus van Lier was a versatile and determined intellectual. From the start of World World II he upheld his principles against the occupier. During and after the war he maintained this attitude towards those colleagues who were suspected of collaboration with the enemy. In compositions written during the war, Van Lier expressed his resistance to the deprivation of liberty, especially in his vocal works. After the liberation his work as composer diminished and he focused on his activities as a musicologist, pedagogue and publicist.
Bertus van Lier was born on September 10, 1906, the son of Alfred Johan Salomon van Lier and Cornelia Geertruida Guldensteeden Egeling. Early on, the young Van Lier acquired a thorough musical education. At the age of eight, he took lessons at the music school in his home town, Utrecht. He continued his cello lessons at the Amsterdam Conservatory with Max Orobio de Castro, and attended the Utrecht City Gymnasium. In 1924, he wrote … Continue
Selected works
Hooglied 1949 soprano, tenor, bass, choir and orchestra
Symfonie no. 1 1928 orchestra
A tfile fun a ghettojid 1948 voice and piano
For a complete list of works by Bertus van Lier visit our website Forbidden Music Regained.
More information: www.bertusvanlier.nl (in Dutch)
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