Jong, Marinus de

Jong, Marinus de, Dutch-born Belgian composer, pianist, and pedagogue; b. Osterhout, Aug. 14, 1891; d. Ekeren, June 13, 1984. He was a student of Bosquet (piano) and Mortelmans (composition) at the Antwerp Cons. After touring Europe and the U.S. as a pianist, he settled in Belgium in 1926 and was made a prof, of piano (1931) and of counterpoint and fugue (1948) at the Antwerp Cons. His works were in a neo-impressionistic style, with polytonal counterpoint as its mainstay.

Works

dramatic: Opera: Mitsanoboe (1962); Die häslichen Mädchen von Bagdad (1966; Antwerp, Jan. 7, 1967); Esmoreit (Antwerp, Sept. 11, 1970).ba11et:De vrouwen van Zalongo (1951); De kleine haven (1952); De kringloop (1955);Carrefour (1956); De Reiskameraad (1959). ORCH.: 3 piano concertos (1924; 1952; 1956-57); 3 syms. (1932; 1965-66; 1976); concertos for Trumpet (1937), Cello (1946; rev. 1969), Violin (1954), Viola (1958), Oboe (1966–67), Horn (1966–67), Bassoon (1967), Flute (1967), Clarinet (1967), and Organ (1974); Heidestemmingen (Impressions de Bruyère) (1937); Hiawatha, symphonic poem (1945); Aphoristische tryptiek (1952; also for Wind Quintet); Flemish Rhapsody No. 1 (1955), No. 2 (1971), and No. 3 (1971); Boublitschky Suite (1956); Ruimteraket, Atlas (Fusée interplanétaire), symphonic poem (1964). CHAMBER: 6 string quartets (1923, 1926, 1947, 1956, 1956, 1962); Pads, Doloris et Amoris, violin sonata (1927); Quartet for 4 Cellos (1936); Nonet (1939); 3 wind quintets (1952, 1965, 1971); Trio for Oboe, Clarinet, and Bassoon (1961); Wind Quartet (1968); Piano Quartet (1971); Sextet for Piano and Winds (1972). keyboard: piano: 3 sonatas (1926, 1933, 1934); Fantaisie-Walsen (1960); 12 Preludes (1975).organ: Various works. VOCAL: 4 oratorios: Hiawatha’s Lied (1947), Imitatio Christi (1956), Kerkhofblommen (1957), and Proverbia Bruegeliana (1961); pieces for Soloists, Chorus, and Orch.; choruses; songs.

—Nicolas Slonimsky/Laura Kuhn/Dennis McIntire