Marius Flothuis
1914 - 2001
For a full biography and a complete list of works with links to scores and recordings, visit www.forbiddenmusicregained.org
Two works composed by Marius Flothuis while imprisoned in Camp Vught were recorded by Eleonore Pameijer (flute) and Marcel Worms (piano) on ‘Treasures’.
Marius Flothuis led an eventful life. Early on, he was politically aware and left-wing orientated. He lost his job at the Concertgebouw Orchestra on his refusal to register with the Kultuurkamer, a regulatory cultural agency installed by the German occupying forces during World War II. He was arrested for his resistance work, imprisoned in Camp Vught and deported to Sachsenhausen in 1944. Meanwhile, he continued composing and survived the hardships. In the postwar Dutch and international music worlds he held numerous positions.
Marius Flothuis, born on October 30, 1914, in an Amsterdam apartment on the corner of Ruysdaelstraat and Hondecoeterstraat, was raised in a well-to-do family. His father played the violin and as a child, he loved listening to his mother … Continue
Selected works
Vier Morgenstern liederen, opus 3 1937-1938 soprano and piano
Vier liederen, opus 3 orkestratie 1939 soprano and orchestra
Sonata da camera, opus 17 1943 flute and piano
Pour le tombeau d'Orphée, opus 37 1950 harp solo
Kwartet, opus 44 1952 string quartet
Hymnus, opus 67 1965 soprano and orchestra
Sonate, opus 85 1985 oboe, horn and harpsichord
For a complete list of works by Marius Flothuis visit our website Forbidden Music Regained.
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