Jurriaan Andriessen

Dutch composer

Jurriaan Hendrik Andriessen (15 November 1925, Haarlem - 23 August 1996, The Hague) was a Dutch composer. Andriessen studied composition with his father Hendrik at the Utrecht Conservatory before moving to Paris where he studied with Olivier Messiaen.

His brother Louis Andriessen (1939-2021) was also a composer and pianist, as well as his uncle Willem (1887-1964).

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Works

Beyond the Veil
Concerto for Bassoon and Wind Ensemble
Elegy
Forsaken Garden
Love's Prisoner
Ode on Solitude
Overtones
Portret van Hedwig
Roundelay
She Walks in Beauty
She's Far From the Land
The Castle of Indolence
The Child Musician
The Lake of Drought