Henriëtte Bosmans

Henriėtte Hilda Bosmans (born 6 December 1895 in Amsterdam, † July 2, 1952 ibid ) was a Dutch composer.

Biography

Henriėtte Bosmans was the daughter of Henri Bosmans, a cellist in the orchestra of the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, and the pianist Sara Benedicts.

From 1914 she began composing his own piano pieces and made so soon a name. 1919 listed her first violin sonata in public. She wrote especially chamber music and orchestral music studied at Cornelis Dopper, at the same time she composed mainly works for the cello. From 1922 to 1929 Bosmans was romantically involved with nine years younger cellist and later conductor Frieda Belinfante, who dedicated her second cello concerto.

From 1927 to 1930, she took lessons with Pijper. In 1934, she became engaged to the violinist Francis Koene, with whom she also played. With the beginning of the German occupation in 1941 Bosmans received a professional and banned from performing because of her Jewish origin. During this time she maintained a close correspondence letter with Benjamin Britten. 1952 Bosmans died of stomach cancer.

Among her works are, inter alia, to Compositions for the cello and the piano, several concerts, songs and 6 Preludes.

Swell

• Clement of DC: Bosmans, Henriėtte Hilda (1895-1952) ( Dutch) In: Biographical Woordenboek van Nederland. Retrieved on January 31, 2011.

• Dutch Composer
• Of the Order of Orange- Nassau ( Knight )
• Born in 1895
• Died in 1952
• Woman