Reine Colaço Osorio-Swaab facts for kids
Reine Colaço Osorio-Swaab (born January 16, 1881 – died April 14, 1971) was a talented Dutch composer. She created many different kinds of music, including songs, pieces for orchestras, and chamber music.
Reine Osorio-Swaab was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands. She became interested in writing music later in her life, after her children were grown up and her husband had passed away. She decided to study music composition and melody with well-known teachers like Ernest W. Mulder and Henk Badings.
In the 1930s, Reine wrote many songs with Dutch words. After World War II, she composed a special piece called Monument in 1946. She wrote this music to remember her son, John, who passed away during the war. Besides composing, she also translated the writings of Martin Buber into Dutch in the 1920s. Reine Colaço Osorio-Swaab lived and worked in Amsterdam for most of her life and passed away there in 1971.
What Kind of Music Did She Write?
Reine Colaço Osorio-Swaab wrote many different types of music. Her works include:
- Chamber Music: These are pieces for a small group of instruments, often played in a smaller room or hall.
- Songs: She wrote many songs, often setting poems to music.
- Overtures: An overture is a piece of music played at the beginning of an opera or a play, or sometimes as a standalone concert piece.
- Duets: Music written for two performers.
- Declamatoria: These are pieces where someone speaks or recites words along with music.
Famous Pieces by Reine Colaço Osorio-Swaab
Some of her notable compositions include:
- Aus den knospen quellen sachte (from Sänge eines fahrenden Spielmanns) (Text: Stefan George)
- Avond (Text: Carel Steven Adama van Scheltema)
- Das Roseninnere (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke)
- Dorpsdans (Text: Jacques Fabrice Herman Perk)
- En sourdine (Text: Paul Verlaine)
- Fêtes galantes (Text: Paul Verlaine)
- Heisst es viel dich bitten (from Sänge eines fahrenden Spielmanns) (Text: Stefan George)
- So ich traurig bin (from Sänge eines fahrenden Spielmanns) (Text: Stefan George)
- Worte trügen, worte fliehen (from Sänge eines fahrenden Spielmanns) (Text: Stefan George)
- Zij komt (Text: Jacques Fabrice Herman Perk)
- Suite (Trio No. 1) for flute, violin and viola (1940)
- Trio No. 3 for 2 violins and viola (1950)
- Quartet No. 1 for flute, violin, viola and cello (1952)
- Sonata No.3 for viola and piano (1952)
- Tsaddiék, Intermezzo for viola and piano (1953)
