We have been apprised of the death today of Simeon ten Holt, one of the most most prolific Dutch modernists and hypnotic post-modernists. He was 89.
photo Friso Keuris (www.frisokeuris.com)
Doyen of Dutch music has died
November 26, 2012 by
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