Theo Loevendie

It might be interesting to read a biography of the Dutch composer Theo Loevendie. However, till then, one could start by reading his personal memoirs, published as Memoires van een componist. Unfortunately, the composer, Theo Loevendie is not giften as a writer. While there is a lot of interesting information in these memoires, the book is poorly edited.

In fact, Memoires van een componist reads like a manuscript. The writing style, both technically and also in the way anecdotes and jokes are included makes it look very amateuristic. The book of 375 pages consists of 95 short chapters. Meanwhile, the reader does not get to know very much about Loevendie's music.… (mehr)