Rotterdam School

The term Rotterdam School is used to refer to a group of composers related to the city of Rotterdam.[1]

What started in the final decade of the twentieth century within a small circle of composition students at the Rotterdam Conservatory with a manifesto[2] by Rotterdam composer Oscar van Dillen, has been taken more seriously now in larger musical circles.[3] Many Rotterdam composers have made successful careers in contemporary or theatre music.[3]

It is impossible to accommodate all Rotterdam composers together in one kind of style or musical æsthetic.[1] Therefore, one could not really speak of a school in the traditional meaning of the word.[1]

The colloquium (called "practicums") at the Rotterdam Conservatoire, led by composition teachers Peter-Jan Wagemans and Klaas de Vries, played an important, unifying role.[3]

Composers
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References
  1. Wennekes, Emile (2003). "Rotterdamse Muziek: idioom of ideaal?". Ons Erfdeel (in Dutch). 49 (1): 111–112.
  2. van Dillen, Oscar. "Rotterdam School Manifesto".
  3. Top, Edward. "The Rotterdam School". Archived from the original on 2011-06-22.
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