Biography
-
Born
8 January 1912
-
Born In
Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
-
Died
17 March 1980 (aged 68)
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. He composed his first composition, a piano sonata, in 1935. Unfortunately, many early works were lost when the city of Rotterdam was bombed in 1940.
Escher's style emphasizes tonality, and it can be compared to that of Debussy and Ravel. It includes elements of plainchant, but also of Indonesian traditional music. In 1977, Escher received the Johan Wagenaar prize for his entire work.
Artist descriptions on Last.fm are editable by everyone. Feel free to contribute!
All user-contributed text on this page is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply.
