Jozef Cleber
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Jozef "Jos" Cleber (Dutch pronunciation: [kle'bɛr]; 2 June 1916, Maastricht – 21 May 1999, Hilversum) was a Dutch trombonist, violinist, conductor, composer, arranger, and producer.
He wrote numerous arrangements (notably to
Biography
Child and student
Cleber was born in Maastricht, the youngest of eight children in the Roman Catholic family of Gerardus Josephus Cleber, the organist and choir conductor at the Basilica of Saint Servatius, and Anna Maria Bastian. His father gave him his first music lessons.[citation needed]
After high school, he attended the Maastricht Academy of Music, where he studied violin and piano, and at fifteen years old, he began playing viola with the Maastrichts Stedelijk Orkest. He later became fascinated by jazz and the music of Duke Ellington and thus chose to continue his studies at the Royal Conservatory of Liège in saxophone and clarinet. There he was advised to study trombone instead, because his lips were thought to be well suited for it.[1]
Trombonist
Cleber completed his obligatory military service early so that he could join the jazz orchestra of
First marriage
On 8 February 1939, he married Elisa Magdelijns (1917–2007), with whom he had a daughter, Yvonne Charlotte Cleber. The couple later divorced on 25 September 1951.[citation needed]
World War II
Cleber came into contact with
During this time, he also continued his studies at the
Conductor
In 1948, Cleber left the Netherlands to work for
Cleber returned to the Netherlands to share the direction of AVRO's theatre orchestra with
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Cleber also worked as a staff conductor for
Producer
Even after his orchestras had disbanded, Cleber was in demand for developing new musical talent. He remained at AVRO for two years as a music advisor, and from 1968 until his retirement in 1981, he produced the program Jonge mensen op weg naar het concertpodium.[citation needed]
Composer
Orchestration of Indonesia Raya
In 1950, Jusuf Ronodipuro (then the Studio Head of
Sukarno wanted Indonesia Raya to be as majestic as the Dutch national anthem, Wilhelmus. Wilhelmus has a slow tempo (largo), whereas Indonesia Raya was intended to have a march tempo (Tempo di marcia), which led to Cleber's initial disagreement with the president over the orchestration. He began to work on the second arrangement, and the tempo was changed to Maestoso con bravura, ("majestically and with bravura"). Sukarno liked the second arrangement better; however, he thought that there should be a part in the anthem that expresses beauty, softness, and sweetness, just prior to the climactic refrain. In the third arrangement, Cleber modified the verses right before the chorus to employ the string section, whereas the chorus itself was accompanied by the timpani, cymbal, and brass section. Sukarno considered this arrangement perfect and approved it.[2]
References
- ^ Profile, huygens.knaw.nl; accessed 22 June 2015.(in Dutch)
- ^ a b ""Indonesia Raya" Versi Jos Cleber" [Jos Cleber's Version of "Indonesia Raya"]. Kompas (in Indonesian). 17 August 2000. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007.
External links
- Indonesian Raya Audio on YouTube
- Article in Chamber Music[permanent dead link]
- ""Indonesia Raya", Masih Saktikah Seloka Itu?". Kompas (in Indonesian). 16 August 2003. Archived from the original on 14 February 2005.
- (in Dutch) Dutch Article 1
- (in Dutch) Dutch Article 2
- (in Dutch) Biography from the Huygens Instituut
- (in Dutch) Overview and media files from the Muziekencyclopedie at the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision