Simeon ten Holt

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Simeon ten Holt (born in Bergen, Netherlands, 24 January 1923) is a Dutch composer. Ten Holt studied with Jakob van Domselaer, eventually developing a highly personal style of composition. Ten Holt generally uses consonant, tonal materials and his works are organized in numerous cells, made up of a few measures each, which are repeated ad libitum according to the player’s preference.

Many of Ten Holt’s works (as, for example, Canto Ostinato) employ harmonies quite similar to those used by European composers of the Romantic period. Thus, his style of minimal composition is truly European in its orientation and has been little influenced by North American minimal composers, whose works draw more often on rock, jazz, and world musics.

Van Domselaer’s influence on ten Holt’s musical philosophy has been considerable, with the younger composer picking up van Domselaer’s interests in the links between music and visual art, in music’s relationship with mathematics, and in the use of the piano as a principal instrument in his compositions. Indeed, many of ten Holt’s works are for piano or ensembles of multiple pianos.

One of the best known interpreters of the music of Simeon ten Holt is the Dutch pianist Kees Wieringa. He has recorded several CDs of ten Holt’s music.
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  • Soppeh wrote:
    November 2011
    Beautiful <3

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  • magneticB wrote:
    October 2011
    Brilliant, I'd highly recommend Palimpsest.

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  • serenityQn wrote:
    June 2011
    Какой он интересный. Прекрасные работы.

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  • llex wrote:
    May 2011
    волшебник

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  • Jarry wrote:
    April 2011
    Canto ostinato @ World minimal music festival was really good

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  • InASafePlace wrote:
    March 2011
    tag using musicbrainz. It's easy this way. Browse my Ten Holt library and use the same tags!

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  • fansenga wrote:
    February 2011
    Having come to ten Holt via Douwe Eisenga and then the YouTube clips of Canto Ostinato, I took the plunge and bought the Complete Multiple Piano Music set. I've been listening to it for about 2 months solid now and am totally bowled over. There's an unbelievable amount to enoy here. Minimal music? Depends on what you mean by minimal: there's a wealth of subtle changes going on all the time, in front and behind, if you're prepared to take the time to really relax and LISTEN. Time just flows by, and the music carries you along and does in fact keep you happy. I really recommend Canto Ostinato and Horizon, though Shadow nor Prey doesn't do all that much for me. Why is ten Holt not better known? Probably because most people nowadays haven't the time or the stamina to sit and listen to one piece of music for 90 minutes or more. Shame on modern high-speed society!

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  • Synopsis-Decay wrote:
    December 2010
    After all these years of listening, still in total awe...

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  • panterman wrote:
    April 2010
    by the way does anyone have the soloduivelsdans on mp3 perhaps? gimme a shout if ya do

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  • panterman wrote:
    April 2010
    i think classical music can't be tagged correctly. You simply don't have enough different tags. You need 3 (or 4, in case of a conductor) and with pop music you only get 2.

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  • JoostW wrote:
    February 2010
    Just bought myself the Wieringa/De Haas performance of Canto Ostinato. Fantastic stuff!

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  • Driesketeer wrote:
    December 2009
    Awesome.

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  • th00ht wrote:
    November 2009
    anybody got any hints on how to tag the Horizon and Canto Ostinato recordings properly so that they show up correctly?

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  • Languh wrote:
    October 2009
    great sundaymorning music

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  • MonoMogwai wrote:
    November 2008
    Classical piano can't get any better than this.

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  • KraeheK wrote:
    October 2008
    Incredible! Canto Ostinato (in 2 piano version) is some of the best classical minimalism I have ever heard.

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  • SlimPvC wrote:
    July 2008
    Canto Ostinato should be heard by everyone even remotely interested in minimal music. Easily the best dutch composition ever.

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  • daizok wrote:
    April 2008
    Master

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