
Rudolf George Escher (Amsterdam, January 8, 1912 – De Koog, March 17, 1980) was a Dutch composer and music theoretician. He was born in present-day Indonesia, where his father was employed as a geologist. He received his first piano lessons from his father. In 1922, the family returned to the Netherlands. In 1931, Escher started his study at the Conservatory of Rotterdam, where he studied piano and cello. From 1934 to 1937 he studied composition with Willem Pijper.
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The Long Christmas Dinner (1960)
The Long Christmas Dinner
Musique pour l'esprit en Deuil
Songs of Love and Eternity: These Are the Days When Birds Come Back
Le Tombeau de Ravel: II. Air
Le vrai visage de la paix
Ciel, air et vents ...: Sonnet
Sonata No. 1: Intrada
Concerto for String Orchestra: I. Canto appassionato, energico alla breve
Arcana: I. Preludio
Songs of Love and Eternity: II. Wild nights!
Three Poems by W.H. Auden: II. A curse
Concerto voor Strijkorkest: I. Canto appassionato - Energico alla breve
Ciel, air et vents ...: Ode
Sonata for Solo Violoncello: II. Andante
Songs of Love and Eternity: To Make a Prairie It Takes a Clover
Songs of Love and Eternity: I. These are the days when birds come back
Concerto for String Orchestra: II. Rondo mediterraneo, presto
Le Tombeau de Ravel: I. Pavane
Ciel, air et vents ...: Chanson
Air pour charmer un lezard
Three Poems by W.H. Auden: III. Warm are the still and lucky miles
Songs of Love and Eternity: Wild Nights!
Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Piano: I. Intrada — Allegro risoluto — Passaggio
Songs of Love and Eternity: Heart, We Will Forger Him!
Le Tombeau de Ravel: VI. Air
Habanera
Sonata for Solo Violoncello: I. Allegro - Vivace
Three Poems by W.H. Auden: I. If I could tell you
Ciel, air et vents: III. Sonnet
Concerto voor Strijkorkest: II. Rondo mediterraneo - Presto
Songs of Love and Eternity: III. Heart, we will forget him!
Le Tombeau de Ravel: V. Rigaudon
Le Tombeau de Ravel: VII. Hymne
Le Tombeau de Ravel: III. Forlane
Le Tombeau de Ravel: IV. Sarabande
Poems, First and Second Series: Taste a Liquor Never Brewed
Le Tombeau de Ravel: Forlane
Songs of Love and Eternity: IV. The wind tapped like a tired man
Trio for Clarinet, viola and piano: III. Comodo
Ciel, air et vents: II. Chanson
Concerto for String Orchestra: III. Ciaconna epica, grazioso e con moto
Flute Sonata, Op. 16: I. Largo - Vivace
Songs of Love and Eternity: The Wind Tapped Like a Tried Man
Hymne du Grand Meaulnes
Le Tombeau de Ravel: Hymne
Songs of Love and Eternity: V. To Make a Prairie It Takes a Clover
Sonata for Solo Violoncello: III. Presto
Trio à cordes: II. Réminiscences
Le Tombeau de Ravel: Sarabande
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