Giltay, Berend
Giltay, Berend
Giltay, Berend, Dutch composer; b. Hilversum, June 15, 1910; d. Utrecht, March 21, 1975. He studied violin and viola with Dick Waleson and composition with Badings. He was a violinist with the Hilversum Radio Phil, and with various other Dutch orchs. From 1963 to 1966 he attended courses in electronic music at the Univ. of Utrecht and worked in Bilthoven at the Gaudeamus electronic studio.
Works
ORCH.: Violin Concerto (1950); Concerto for Viola and Chamber Orch. (1955); Oboe Concerto (1956-57); Sinfonia (1956-57); Horn Concerto (c. 1958); Concerto for Orchestra (1960); Kurucz Valtozatok Zenekarra, variations (1966-67); Concerto for 2 Violins and Orch. (1966-67); Gossauer Symphonie (Utrecht, Oct. 3, 1972); Kosmochromie I for 4 Loudspeakers and Orch. (Utrecht, Feb. 22, 1974) and 17 for String Quartet, Chamber Orch., and Tape (1974). CHAMBER: 4 Miniatures for Viola and Piano (1952); Sonata a ire for Oboe, Clarinet, and Bassoon (1953); Wind Quintet (1956); String Quintet (1957); 2 duos for 2 Violins (1962,1966); Divertimento for 5 Flutes (1963); Scherzo for 2 Violins (1963); 6 studi concertante for Viola (1963); Elegy for Alto Flute and 4 Flutes (1969); Trio for 2 Violins and Cello (1971). ELECTRONIC : Phonolieten for Tape (1965); Polychromie I for Tape (1966) and 17 for Piccolo, Flute and Alto Flute, 4 Flutes or other Instruments, and Tape (1972).
—Nicolas Slonimsky/Laura Kuhn/Dennis McIntire