pianiste, compositeur et musicologue
Julius Hijman Archive
Hijman Julius, né à Almelo, a étudié le piano avec Dirk Schäfer et (à Vienne) Paul Weingarten, la composition avec Sem Dresden.
Il a participé à des concerts de la
Société de musique contemporaine.
En 1939, il émigre aux États-Unis, où
il
a travaillé comme chargé de cours au
Collège de New York de la musique.
Son œuvre se compose principalement de la musique de piano et
des
chansons.
Il a contribué à faire
connaître Schönberg, Berg et Webern, (en 1937 un
article dans Caecilia)
C'est l'un des rares musiciens juifs à avoir
échappé à la déportation,
en émigrant aux USA avec sa famille.
Professeur aux
conservatoires de Houston, Kansas City, Philadelphie et de New York, sa
musique (musique de chambre et musique chorale) reste
méconnue en Hollande.
Composer and pianist Julius Hijman was born on 25 January 1901 in
Almelo and
grew up in musical and artistic circles. He studied piano with Dirk
Schäfer and completed his studies in Vienna with Paul
Weingartner. He chose Sem Dresden as his tutor in composition.
In the 1930s Julius Hijman gave regular piano concerts, mainly of the
chamber music for which he had a preference. He was also passionate
about the contemporary music of his time. For the contemporary music
association called Vereniging voor Hedendaagse Muziek he arranged
programs of modern music where he himself was often the pianist. He
also wrote articles in the association’s journal. In 1937 he
published short articles in 'Caeciliareeks' – the
“small reference work for music lovers” –
on Schönberg, Berg and Webern. At Hijman’s death in
1969 Wouter Paap wrote in his obituary in 'Mens en Melodie' that
Hijman’s articles on these three composers were still worth
reprinting. As a composer Hijman was not attracted to atonal and serial
music. His collected works of some 80 compositions are of a mainly
poetic or romantic character.
In 1939, sensing approaching disaster in Europe, Hijman emigrated with
his wife and son to America. There he taught at the New York College of
Music. He always kept up his musical contacts with his homeland,
particularly after he war when he frequently visited the Netherlands.
He was a member of the Committee for Netherlands Music in the USA where
he promoted performances of music by Dutch composers. Most of his own
music (mainly chamber music) was composed after he had left the
Netherlands. Hijman died in New York on 6 January 1969.
Diet Scholte
Selected works
Symphonische Suite
(1938) for orchestra
Sonate (1940) for
violin and piano
Second String Quartet (1942) for
string quartet
Harp Suite (1948) for harp
solo
Partita (1948) for
two pianos
Sonata (1949) for
flute and piano
Second Sonata (1959) for
cello and piano
Four songs of W.B. Yeats (1960) for baritone and
piano