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Simeon ten Holt

1923 - 2012

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Simeon ten Holt (24 January 1923 – 25 November 2012) was a Dutch contemporary classical composer. Ten Holt was born in Bergen, North Holland, and studied with Jakob van Domselaer, eventually developing a highly personal style of minimal composition. Van Domselaer's influence on ten Holt's musical philosophy was 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. Ten Holt generally used 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Simeon ten Holt is the 1,090th most popular composer (down from 830th in 2019), the 667th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 517th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Dutch Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Simeon ten Holt ranks 1,090 out of 1,451. Before him are Hugo Distler, Tristan Murail, Paul Taffanel, Philippe Verdelot, Henri Pousseur, and Valeri Brainin. After him are Percy Faith, William Lawes, Patrick Doyle, Toivo Kuula, Johann Nicolaus Bach, and Felice Anerio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Simeon ten Holt ranks 271. Before him are Louise Brough, Bryce DeWitt, Alice Coachman, Henryk Gulbinowicz, Juvenal Amarijo, and Ennio de Concini. After him are Isao Kimura, Erika Böhm-Vitense, Gordon R. Dickson, Jean Hagen, Norberto Méndez, and Alfredo Nobre da Costa. Among people deceased in 2012, Simeon ten Holt ranks 259. Before him are Arkady Vorobyov, Othmar Schneider, Susanne Lothar, Bal Thackeray, John Keegan, and Levon Helm. After him are Otto Stich, André Simon, Sancho Gracia, Marie Colvin, Roberto Mieres, and Roy Salvadori.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Simeon ten Holt ranks 667 out of 1,646. Before him are Frans van der Lugt (1938), Willem Johan Kolff (1911), Princess Louise of Orange-Nassau (1770), Gérard Blitz (1901), Heintje Simons (1955), and Willeke van Ammelrooy (1944). After him are Jan van de Cappelle (1624), Stien Kaiser (1938), Leonardus Nardus (1868), Hans Ooft (1947), C. George Boeree (1952), and Lodewijk van den Berg (1932).

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Among COMPOSERS In Netherlands

Among composers born in Netherlands, Simeon ten Holt ranks 11. Before him are Johann Adam Reincken (1643), Antonia Brico (1902), Jacob van Eyck (1590), Junkie XL (1967), Louis Andriessen (1939), and Anthony van Hoboken (1887). After him are Michel van der Aa (1970).

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