Sigtenhorst Meyer: Piano Music

Featuring

Albert Brussee
Bernhard van den Sigtenhorst Meyer

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Performer Biography

Albert Brussee, the pianist on this album, received the prestigious Prix d'Excellence in 1974, the highest music award in Holland at that time.

Composer Biography

Bernhard van den Sigtenhorst Meyer, the composer, started playing piano only during high school but quickly developed a passion for music.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Bernhard van den Sigtenhorst Meyer's stylistic development included Romantic Impressionism, Neo-Classicism, and a shift from atmospheric character pieces to more abstract linear writing, influenced by his interest in Dutch Golden Age music.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Bernhard van den Sigtenhorst Meyer's early creative period, lasting until 1923, was heavily influenced by Impressionism and Orientalism.

Composer Biography

In 1912, the composer Bernhard van den Sigtenhorst Meyer traveled to Paris and was significantly influenced by Vincent d'Indy's composition course and the Impressionist movement.

Composer Biography

Bernhard van den Sigtenhorst Meyer and his partner Rient van Santen, a poet, singer, and painter, lived in a house decorated entirely in East Indian style due to their shared fascination with the Dutch colonial past and Asian art.

Album & Artwork

This album features works exclusively from Bernhard van den Sigtenhorst Meyer's first creative period, comprising nineteen keyboard pieces from nine piano suites composed between 1915 and 1922.