Dick Kattenburg
1919 - 1944
For a full biography and a complete list of works with links to scores and recordings, visit www.forbiddenmusicregained.org
A CD with chamber music of Dick Kattenburg was released in 2009.
Dick Kattenburg was extremely talented. It was obvious that he would enjoy a flourishing career as a violinist for years to come. Even today, some seventy years later, his appealing music immediately touches the heart. A large part of his oeuvre was created during his period in hiding. He was murdered at the age of 24. Thanks to his romance with a young flutist, his manuscripts were preserved and found an audience after all these years.
Dick Kattenburg was born in Amsterdam on November 11, 1919, the second child of Louis and Heleen Kattenburg. He had an older sister Daisy, and brother Tom was born in 1922. Great grandfather Levie and his ten sons had laid the foundations for a textile empire that would … Continue
Selected works
Tapdance 1936 piano 4-hands and tap dancer/percussion
Sonate 1937 flute and piano
Blues 1940 piano 4-hands
Rumanian Melody 1941 violin, cello and piano
Palestinian Songs 1940-45 soprano and piano
For a complete list of works by Dick Kattenburg visit our website Forbidden Music Regained.
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