Reine Colaço Osorio-Swaab
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Reine Colaço Osorio-Swaab (16 January 1881 – 14 April 1971) was a Dutch
composer
.
, The Netherlands. She developed an interest in composing music after her children were grown and her husband dead, and studied with Ernest W. Mulder for composition and Henk Badings
for melody. In the 1930s she wrote a number of songs with Dutch text, and after World War II
she composed Monument in 1946 in honor of her son John who died at Dachau
. In the 1920s she translated the work of Martin Buber
into Dutch. She died in Amsterdam in 1971.
Dutch people
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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...
.
Biography
Reine Colaço Osorio-Swaab was born in AmsterdamAmsterdam
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...
, The Netherlands. She developed an interest in composing music after her children were grown and her husband dead, and studied with Ernest W. Mulder for composition and Henk Badings
Henk Badings
Henk Badings was a Dutch composer.Born in Bandung, Java, Dutch East Indies, as the son of Herman Louis Johan Badings, an officer in the Dutch East Indies army, Badings became an orphan at an early age...
for melody. In the 1930s she wrote a number of songs with Dutch text, and after World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
she composed Monument in 1946 in honor of her son John who died at Dachau
Dachau
Dachau is a town in Upper Bavaria, in the southern part of Germany. It is a major district town—a Große Kreisstadt—of the administrative region of Upper Bavaria, about 20 km north-west of Munich. It is now a popular residential area for people working in Munich with roughly 40,000 inhabitants...
. In the 1920s she translated the work of Martin Buber
Martin Buber
Martin Buber was an Austrian-born Jewish philosopher best known for his philosophy of dialogue, a form of religious existentialism centered on the distinction between the I-Thou relationship and the I-It relationship....
into Dutch. She died in Amsterdam in 1971.
Works
Colaço Osorio-Swaab composed chamber works, songs, overture for orchestra, duets and declamatoria. Selected works include:- Aus den knospen quellen sachte (in Sänge eines fahrenden Spielmanns) (Text: Stefan George)
- Avond (Text: Carel Steven Adama van Scheltema)
- Das Roseninnere (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke)
- Dorpsdans (Text: Jacques Fabrice Herman Perk)
- En sourdine (Text: Paul Verlaine)
- Fêtes galantes (Text: Paul Verlaine)
- Heisst es viel dich bitten (from Sänge eines fahrenden Spielmanns) (Text: Stefan George)
- So ich traurig bin (from Sänge eines fahrenden Spielmanns) (Text: Stefan George)
- Worte trügen, worte fliehen (from Sänge eines fahrenden Spielmanns) (Text: Stefan George)
- Zij komt (Text: Jacques Fabrice Herman Perk)
- Suite (Trio No. 1) for flute, violin and viola (1940)
- Trio No. 3 for 2 violins and viola (1950)
- Quartet No. 1 for flute, violin, viola and cello (1952)
- Sonata No.3 for viola and piano (1952)
- Tsaddiék, Intermezzo for viola and piano (1953)