Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman

Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman (4 August 1892 – 8 October 1971) was a Dutch composer. She was born in Rotterdam, and began composing in 1917 without formal instruction. In 1937, she studied orchestration with Eduard Flipse and became successful as a composer in the 1940s and 1950s.

In August 1914, she married writer Ferdinand Bordewijk, who contributed lyrics to some of her works. They had a son Robert and daughter Nina. She received an award in 1943 for her Piano Sonata and died in The Hague.

Works Selected works include: Variations II, op. 6 for piano (1919) The Garden of Allah for orchestra, after novel by Robert Smythe Hitchens (1936) Polish Suite for orchestra (1937) Sextet in C major for wind instruments (1938) Elog du Vent, text Adolphe Retté, for soprano solo, female choir and orchestra (1939) Piano Concerto in A-flat major (1940) Les Illuminations, text Arthur Rimbaud, for voice and orchestra (1940) Roundabout, opera/operetta in a company, libretto F. Bordewijk (1941) Symphony (1942) Sonata in E major for piano (1943) Epilogue for orchestra (1943) Mother of the Fatherland, for the 50-year jubilee of Queen Wilhelmina (1948) Plato's death, words F. Bordewijk, symphonic poem for narrator, solo voice, chorus and symphony orchestra (1949) Praeludium and Fugue for carillon (1950) The sacred circle for four-voice choir (1950) Triptych for carillon (1951) Roepman, for voice unaccompanied (1953) Reconstruction for four- male chorus a cappella (1954) The moon, text Emily Dickinson, for chorus a cappella (1961)