Leo Smit
Encyclopedia
Leopold Smit (Amsterdam
, 14 May 1900 Sobibor extermination camp
, 30 April 1943) was a Dutch
composer
, killed during The Holocaust
at the Sobibor extermination camp
.
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
, 14 May 1900 Sobibor extermination camp
Sobibór extermination camp
Sobibor was a Nazi German extermination camp located on the outskirts of the town of Sobibór, Lublin Voivodeship of occupied Poland as part of Operation Reinhard; the official German name was SS-Sonderkommando Sobibor...
, 30 April 1943) was a Dutch
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
, killed during The Holocaust
The Holocaust
The Holocaust , also known as the Shoah , was the genocide of approximately six million European Jews and millions of others during World War II, a programme of systematic state-sponsored murder by Nazi...
at the Sobibor extermination camp
Sobibór extermination camp
Sobibor was a Nazi German extermination camp located on the outskirts of the town of Sobibór, Lublin Voivodeship of occupied Poland as part of Operation Reinhard; the official German name was SS-Sonderkommando Sobibor...
.
Compositions
- Sonata for Flute and Piano (1943); orchestrated in 1989 by Willem Strietman
- String Quartet (1939–1943)
- Divertimento for Piano 4-Hands (1940); orchestrated in 2008 by Andries van Rossem
- Concerto for Viola and String Orchestra (1940)
- De bruid (The Fiancée) for Female Chorus (1939); words by Jan Prins
- Suite for Oboe and Cello (1938)
- Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Piano (1938)
- Kleine Prelude van Ravel for Alto and Piano (1938); poem by Martinus NijhoffMartinus NijhoffMartinus Nijhoff was a Dutch poet and essayist. He studied literature in Amsterdam and law in Utrecht. His debut was made in 1916 with his volume De wandelaar...
- La Mort (Death) for Soprano, Alto and Piano (1938); words by Charles BaudelaireCharles BaudelaireCharles Baudelaire was a French poet who produced notable work as an essayist, art critic, and pioneering translator of Edgar Allan Poe. His most famous work, Les Fleurs du mal expresses the changing nature of beauty in modern, industrializing Paris during the nineteenth century...
- Concerto for Piano and Wind Orchestra (1937)
- Concertino for Cello and Orchestra (1937)
- Symphonie in C (1936)
- Sextet for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn and Piano (1933)
- Concertino for Harp and Orchestra (1933)
- Deux hommages for Piano (1928–1930)
- Schemselnihar, Ballet (1929)
- Quintet for Flute, Violin, Viola, Cello and Harp (1928)
- Trio for Flute, Viola and Harp (1926)
- Suite for Piano (1926); Forlane et Rondeau, movements freely orchestrated in 1958 by Godfried Devreese
- Silhouetten for Orchestra (1925)
- Voorspel tot Teirlincks "De vertraagde film" (Overture to Teirlinck's "De Vertraagde Film") for Orchestra (1923)
- Twintig eenvoudige oefeningen (20 Simple Exercises) for Piano
- Twaalf stukken voor 4 handen (12 Pieces) for Piano 4-Hands
External links
- Leo Smit Foundation (in English and Dutch)