Gerda Geertens
{{short description|Dutch composer (born 1955)}}
Gerda Geertens (born 11 August 1955) is a Dutch composer. She was born in Wildervank, and studied music and philosophy in Groningen. In 1981 she began the study of composition with Klaas de Vries at the Rotterdam Conservatory.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IvoQQU1QL_QC&q=Gerda+Geertens+(born+1955)&pg=PA184|title=The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers|first1=Julie Anne|last1=Sadie|first2=Rhian|last2=Samuel|year=1994|publisher=W. W. Norton & Company |isbn=9780393034875|access-date=4 October 2010}}{{cite book |title=A Guide to Piano Music by Women Composers: Women born after 1900|author=Dees, Pamela Youngdahl|year=2004}}{{Cite web|url=http://gegee.ggvision.com/allerlei/bio/|title=bio – Gerda Geertens|language=nl|access-date=2019-04-27}} Her compositions include chamber music, choir and solo singing and pieces for symphony orchestras.
Works
Geertens is noted for her chamber works. Selected works include:{{cite web|url=http://www.lieder.net/lieder/g/geertens.html|title=Gerda Geertens|access-date=13 December 2010}}{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- Sarka song cycle for soprano and piano, 1993: no. 1. Afrika (Michaël Arnoldus Slory), no. 2. Komoto te na Egypte (Michaël Arnoldus Slory), no. 3. Sarka (Michaël Arnoldus Slory)
- Nocturnal for flute, violin, violoncello, piano and percussion, 1994
- She Weeps Over Rahoon for solo piano, 1985
- Amarillis for 4 bamboo flutes (or recorders 4), 1985
- Ash and lilac , for instrumental ensemble, 1988
- Slinger, for string trio, 1989
- Contrast, for saxophone quartet, 1990
- Mexitli , Opus 1 for mixed choir and instrumental ensemble, 1981–1982, text: Theun de Vries
- Split country, for violin, bass clarinet and tape, 1992
- Leave it alone, audio clip, for 15 players, 1994
- Heartland, for orchestra, 1994{{cite web|url=http://webshop.mcn.nl/portal/catalog/mcn_productlist.php?composer=79&page=1 |title=Works, GEERTENS, GERDA |access-date=13 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724161431/http://webshop.mcn.nl/portal/catalog/mcn_productlist.php?composer=79&page=1 |archive-date=24 July 2011 }}
- Trope, for cello, 1987{{Cite web|url=http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0002020085|title=Geertens, Gerda {{!}} Grove Music|website=www.oxfordmusiconline.com|year=2017|language=en|doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.2020085|access-date=2019-03-26|last1=Metzelaar|first1=Helen}}
- en SeringenI, for flute, oboe, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano, harp, and percussion, 1988
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