Martin Spanjaard
1892 - 1942
For a full biography and a complete list of works with links to scores and recordings, visit www.forbiddenmusicregained.org
Martin Spanjaard studied composition with Cornelis Dopper in Amsterdam and Friedrich Gernsheim in Berlin. He primarily made a career as a conductor. Most of his compositions date from the beginning of his career, before he was appointed as conductor of the Arnhem Orchestral Society. An increasingly busy schedule, serving as guest conductor in Berlin, Vienna, Budapest and Prague left little time for composing. After 1933, he conducted exclusively in the Netherlands, until that was also prohibited. Martin Spanjaard was murdered in Auschwitz.
He was born on July 30, 1892, son of a wealthy textile manufacturer. When Martin was seven years old the family moved to The Hague and from that time onwards, the youngster was always on the front row … Continue
Selected works
Drei Lieder 1916 voice and piano
Scherzo 1916 orchestra
For a complete list of works by Martin Spanjaard visit our website Forbidden Music Regained.
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