Peter Schat
Period
05-06-1935 - 03-02-2003
Genre
contemporary classical music, twelve-tone technique and serialism
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Peter Schat
Peter Schat is one of the most colourful and widely-known Dutch composers of the 20th century. He was born in Utrecht, the son of a Protestant baker, and knew from an early age that he wanted to be a composer. He studied the techniques of the Second Viennese School with, ...
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Biography Peter Schat
Peter Schat is one of the most colourful and widely-known Dutch composers of the 20th century. He was born in Utrecht, the son of a Protestant baker, and knew from an early age that he wanted to be a composer. He studied the techniques of the Second Viennese School with, among others, Kees van Baaren. During the 1950s and '60s, he was a child of his time. Musically, he engaged in the avant-garde developments of dodecaphony, spatial positioning of musicians, electronic music and serialism. In the early 1980 his growing discontent with serialism led him to develop a harmonic system – the Tone Clock – that focused on intervals. Schat was a passionate Provo activist, writer and social critic whose political zeal can be heard in his music. He wrote more than 50 compositions and published numerous articles and books, among which De Toonklok [The Tone Clock, 1984] and De Wereld Chromatisch [The World Chromatic, 1988].
1935
Peter Schat is born in Utrecht on June 5.
1953 - 1956
After secondary school, he studies the piano with Jaap Callenbach at the Utrecht Conservatory. At the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, he studies music theory and composition with Kees van Baaren, who grounds him in the work of Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg and Anton Webern as well as row technique. Schat debuts with the 'Passacaglia and Fugue' for organ at the 1954 Gaudeamus Music Week, an annual event presented by the Gaudeamus Foundation. He later jokes that the 'Passacaglia and Fugue' is “thoroughly Christian”. One critic hears Arnold Schoenberg's influence in the piece, a notion Schat dismisses. Later, however, he composes a dodecaphonic string quartet, the beginning of a period in which he composes with tone rows – this, incidentally, never leads to his total “conversion” to serialism. The 'String Quartet' (1954) is performed during the 1956 Gaudeamus Music Week. Later, one of its movements is published with a new movement: 'Introduction and Allegro in the Old Style'.
1957
'Septet' is premiered and awarded the AVRO Prize. In it, Schat distances himself from late Romantic emotionalism, following instead the lead of serialists such as Pierre Boulez, Karlheinz Stockhausen and György Ligeti. He completes his piano degree with a performance whose programme includes Modest Mussorgsky's 'Pictures from an Exhibition' and Ludwig van Beethoven's 'Third Piano Concerto'. Schat's parents and siblings emigrate to California, but Schat stays behind because he believes that only in Europe can he live as a composer.
1958 - 1960
Schat meets the composer Rudolf Escher. They see each other regularly and maintain correspondence in which they reflect on the revolutionary musical developments of the day (serialism and electronic music) as well as social developments. Schat voices amazement with a mechanical aspect of Schoenberg's composition, which eventually leads to his falling out with Escher. He later says that Escher “dried up in the theory”. Schat composes 'Octet' and dedicates it to Van Baaren. Following Boulez, he gives the performers choices and opportunities to improvise in it for the first time. During the 1958 Gaudeamus Music Week, he meets the English-Hungarian composer and teacher Mátyás Seiber. Schat applies for a grant to study with him in London to work on traditional compositional technique. He attends the Darmstadt summer course and there meets Pierre Boulez. 'Octet' (1958) and the orchestral piece 'Mosaics' (1959) are premiered during the 1959 Gaudeamus Music Week. Forty years later, Schat describes the latter as “an exercise, an exploration of serial technique” and “Webernish”. In October 1959, he goes to study, mostly counterpoint, with Seiber. In London, he develops an interest in music theatre. “Opera is marvellous,” he writes Escher. It will be years before he presents his first opera, but in London he composes 'Cryptogamen', a song cycle on five esoteric poems by Gerrit Achterberg. While in London, he also writes 'The Fall' (1960), a piece for 16 voices that uses text fragments from 'Finnegans Wake' by James Joyce. At the Musikhochschule in Basel he meets Pierre Boulez, who becomes his teacher. He hopes to learn from Boulez “to think with musical consistency”. Despite his tirades against the “barren desert” of the serialists, he develops a totally serial idiom.
1961
For the Donaueschingen music festival, he writes the ensemble piece 'Entelechie I'. Its somewhat aggressive “movement structures”, “sound shadows”, and “retrospective and anticipatory quotes” steer clear of melodic reference points. “It was in fact homework,” Schat says years later. He subsequently composes 'Entelechie II', scenes for 11 musicians, mezzo soprano, and orchestra, on texts by the poet Bert Schierbeek, a work commissioned by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science. In Basel, he writes the introverted 'Signalement', for six percussionists and three double basses, of which he says: “Like children playing with sand, I play with these sounds, building with them hills of pure disconsolateness.” His discomfort with Boulez's “tone counting” mounts. Looking for new expressive possibilities, he becomes briefly involved with Willem de Ridder's Mood Engineering Society, a company that attempts in multimedia projects to link the visual arts, music and theatre.
1962
At the request of the physicist Adriaan Daniël Fokker, Schat writes 'Collages', for 31-tone organ. Fokker is an advocate of the 31-tone system designed in the 17th century by Christiaan Huygens. Schat soon abandons this tone system and breaks off contact with Fokker after an argument about the merits of serial music. He wins 2nd Prize at the International Composers Competition for 'Entelechie II'.
1963 - 1965
He works on 'Labyrint', a “multimedia daredevil piece” that he describes as “a sort of opera”. The libretto, by Lodewijk de Boer, is based on Louis Paul Boons 'De paradijsvogel' [The Bird of Paradise] and presents three aspects of women: the ideological woman, represented by the musical layer; the everyday, realistic woman, through the play; and the physical woman, through filmed passages. 'Labyrint' consists of composed movements that can be performed separately.
1967
On a commission from the Netherlands Wind Ensemble, he writes 'Clockwise and Anti-Clockwise', which takes time as its theme. The ensemble is divided in five groups and plays without a score, though there are printed parts for the individual groups: flutes, clarinets, bassoons, oboes and French horns. In September, Schat co-founds STEIM, a research laboratory in Amsterdam for the development of live electronic-instrumental music.
1968
Schat writes 'On Escalation', in memory of Che Guevara. He later says of this openly political work: “It is a communist piece. The musicians seize control from the conductor.” At its premiere, 200 policemen cordon off Amsterdam's Carré Theatre to prevent rioting. In relation to this brief flirtation with communism, Schat, with writer Harry Mulisch and others, visits the Cultural Congress in Cuba.
1969
Schat writes 'Anathema', for piano, in which tonal and serial elements confront each other without either becoming dominant: an atonal beginning stands against a Brahmsian espressivo molto. Schat describes the piece as “the transition to a style in which dissonance and consonance have been fully integrated”. The title, he says, refers to “serial music's taboo on melody”. At the same time, he composes for Frans Brüggen 'Hypothema', for tenor recorder and tape. With Louis Andriessen, Jan van Vlijmen, Reinbert de Leeuw, and Misha Mengelberg, he composes the large-scale, happening-like music theatre piece 'Recontructie', an homage to Che Guevara and manifesto against oppression and imperialism. The piece has a turbulent premiere at the Holland Festival. In November, 'Recontructie's composers form the vanguard of the 'Nutcracker' demonstration: a protest against the Concertgebouw Orchestra's artistic policies in which toy clickers are used to disturb a concert in Amsterdam conducted by Bernard Haitink. The demonstrators demand that the orchestra programme more avant-garde music.
1970 - 1973
Schat writes 'Thema', for solo oboe, guitar and winds. The piece, inspired by James Brown's 'I Feel Allright', embraces the physical directness of pop music, thus rejecting the abstractions of serialism. He writes 'To You' (1972), on a text by Adrian Mitchell, a piece that Schat says deals with “The dilemma of the century: the choice between enjoyment and criticism”. In 1973, he wins the Matthijs Vermeulen Prize for 'To You'.
1974
In memory of Salvador Allende, he composes 'Canto General', a work that foreshadows the 'Tone Clock'. The text, by Pablo Neruda, expresses belief in a better world, but the music conveys no sense of hope. Schat becomes a composition teacher at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague.
1975 - 1976
He writes the circus opera 'Houdini'. The main character, the escape artist and anti-occultist folk hero Harry Houdini, stands as the symbol of someone who through his own power can free himself.
1977
'Kind en Kraai' [Child and Crow], a song cycle on texts by Harry Mulisch, is clearly related to the famous song cycles of Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann and Arnold Schoenberg, or at least with “what a song cycle once was,” according to Schat. The song 'Vergezicht' [View] makes a rhythmic reference to 'Das ist ein Flöten und Geigen' from Schumann's 'Dichterliebe'. Schat dedicates 'Kind en Kraai' to his son Sebastiaan. 'Houdini' is premiered on September 29 at the Carré Theatre in Amsterdam.
1978
He finishes the 'Symphony No. 1', through which he becomes reconciled with the Concertgebouw Orchestra. Critics accuse him of selling out, but as the work is in keeping with his growing interest in Western musical traditions, the criticism is unfounded. (Bas van Putten, 2005) The work takes the Viennese symphony as a form model but bears a stronger resemblance to Schat's 'Septet' from 1957, which strives for a synthesis between Schoenberg's twelve-tone technique and the Viennese Classical sonata form.
1979 - 1980
Schat discovers that from the twelve tones within the octave, precisely twelve triads (twelve combinations of three tones) can be made. He calls these triads “hours” that together form 'The Tone Clock'. The Tone Clock is an aid for gaining an overview of the different relationships in a tone system. 'Houdini' (1976) has its American premiere on August 2 in Aspen. On February 2, 1980, it is repeated in Carré Theatre. Schat has now become part of the opera establishment. He composes 'Aap verslaat de Knekelgeest' [Monkey Subdues the White-Bone Demon], based on a 17th-century Chinese fairy tale told in cartoon form. The premiere of this “comic strip opera” – for soloists, ensemble, mimes and acrobats – is enthusiastically received at the 1980 Holland Festival. On the same day, it wins 2nd prize at the Carl Maria von Weber Composition Competition in Dresden.
1981
Schat writes 'Polonaise' for piano on a commission from the Dutch government. He dedicates the work to his father, “who instilled in me a love for piano music, risked his family in the resistance against the Nazis, and in the evenings played Chopin”. It is a prime example of music about music, which Schat was inspired to write by the strike in 1980 at the Lenin Wharf in Gdansk.
1982 - 1983
Schat receives the Fontein Tuinhout Prize for 'Aap verslaat de Knekelgeest' (1980). He resigns from his teaching position at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. He dedicates his 'Symphony II' to the city of Rotterdam, the birthplace of his girlfriend Marina Schapers, who was killed in 1981 during a vacation in Greece.
1984
Schat writes 'Serenade', for strings, “an instrumental balcony scene”, which is performed during the Holland Festival. He writes 'Adem' [Breath], for the Netherlands Chamber Choir, on a text found in a 3,300-year-old Egyptian pharaoh's burial chamber. The book 'De Toonklok', a collection of essays and interviews, is published by Meulenhoff/Landshoff.
1987
In his composition 'De Toonklok', for mechanical clock, Schat presents the twelve “hours” on the Tone Clock. The piece refers to Bach's 'Well-Tempered Clavier', which employs all 24 keys of tonal harmony.
1988
For the Leonard Bernstein festival at Tanglewood, Schat writes 'For Lenny', a song on a text by the Greek poet Konstantinos Kavafis, whom both Schat and Bernstein appreciate. The piece briefly quotes Bernstein's song 'I Feel Pretty'. The book 'De wereld chromatisch; een muzikaal reisverslag' [The World Chromatic; A Musical Travelogue] is published.
1989
For the National Opera in Brussels, Schat writes 'Symposion', on a libretto by Gerrit Komrij. The main inspiration for the opera is the 1981 biography of Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky by the American musicologist Alexandra Orlova. The book contends that Tchaikovsky was condemned by a secret tribunal to drink a glass of water infected with cholera because his homosexuality could not be tolerated in noble circles. From April 3 to 12, the “Schat in Groningen” festival is held, with concerts and lectures about and given by the composer.
1990 - 1991
Schat writes 'De Hemel' [Heaven], twelve variations for symphony orchestra, for which he receives the Joost van den Vondel Prize from the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster. He dedicates the piece “to the martyrs for democracy at the Square of Heavenly Peace” in Beijing. The work, which employs all of the hours of the Tone Clock, is premiered at the 1991 Holland Festival on June 21.
1992
1994
In response to “the increasing ethnic tensions in the world and the war threats arising from them”, Schat composes 'Alarm', for carillon and large bells, based on Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck's variations on the folk song 'Est-ce Mars le grand Dieu des Alarmes que je voy'. 'Symposion' (1989) is premiered on April 29 in the Amsterdam Muziektheater.
1995
Schat gives voice to the former Dutch East Indies in 'Een Indisch requiem', for tenor, choir and orchestra, which uses texts by the Indonesian freedom fighter and nationalist Tan Malaka, poet Jan Eijkelboom, and essayist Rudy Kousbroek. He lectures on his work in the United States at William Patterson State College, Princeton University, Rutgers University and the New Jersey State Museum.
1997
For the North Netherlands Symphony Orchestra, Schat writes 'The Food of Love', on texts by Ida Gerhardt, Lucebert, and William Shakespeare. After the successful premiere of 'De hemel' (1990), by the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra conducted by Hans Vonk, Schat writes 'Arch Music for St. Louis', inspired by the Gateway Arch, the city's 200-metre-high, bow-shaped monument symbolising the gateway to the Wild West.
1999
Schat finishes the 'Third Symphony' (Gamelan Symphony), which adds seven metallophones from the Indonesian gamelan to the traditional symphony orchestra. “While composing it, I had to think of the meeting of Tane Mahutu, the God of the forest, and a two-thousand year old tree in the middle of the forest, around which a beautiful platform is built so that you can't step on the roots. Out of respect, you begin to whisper. The twelve timpani convey something of that overwhelming tree experience.” Donemus publishes 'Het componeren van De hemel' [The Composing of Heaven], a collection of essays reflecting on nature, religion, and politics. Exactly 10 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Schat writes 'The Wallpeckers', a toccata for orchestra.
2000 - 2001
Schat writes 'Rondgang' [Walk-Round], for chamber orchestra, and makes an arrangement of 'To Whom' – from 'Het vijfde seizoen' [The Fifth Season, 1973] – on a text by Adrian Mitchell about the American invasion of Vietnam. Though the political reality has turned 180 degrees, one line by the poet still rings true, Schat says. “At the time, it was about the war waged by the imperialists, now it's about the lies of the communist regime”. 'Triptiek voor onze tijd' [Tryptich for Our Time] – with three earlier compositions: 'Indisch requiem', 'Etudes', 'De hemel' – is premiered at the Holland Festival. The work refers to political occurrences: the fight for Indonesian independence, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the bloodbath at the Square of Heavenly Peace. In 2001, he completes the 'Lenteconcert' [Spring Concerto], for flute and orchestra, which he had begun in 1990.
2003
Peter Schat dies at his residence in Amsterdam on February 3.
In the discography you will find all recordings that have been released listed chronologically. We restrict ourselves to the title, the type of audio, year of publication or recording, label, list of guest musicians, plus any comments on the issue.
Compositions Peter Schat
Introductie en adagio in oude stijl : (1954) : voor strijkkwartet / Peter Schat
order Publisher: Amsterdam : Donemus, cop. 1962Number: 01227
Classification: Strijkkwartet (2 violen, altviool, cello)
Members: 2vl vla vc
Details: Op. 2
Duration: 7'
Passacaglia and fugue = (Passacaglia en fuga, voor orgel) : for organ : opus 1 : (1954) / Peter Schat
order Publisher: Amsterdam : Donemus, cop. 1979Number: 02618
Classification: Orgel
Members: org
Details: Met voorw.
Duration: 11'
Septet : opus 3 : for flute, oboe, bass clarinet, horn, piano, cello and percussion : (1957) / Peter Schat
order Publisher: Amsterdam : Donemus, [1979]Number: 06627
Classification: Gemengd ensemble (2-11 spelers)
Members: fl ob cl-b h perc pf vc
Details: Cop. 1958.
Duration: 10'
Octet : opus 4 : fluit, hobo, klarinet, fagot, hoorn, twee trompetten [en] trombone : 1958 / Peter Schat
order Publisher: Amsterdam : Donemus, cop. 1959Number: 02088
Classification: Blazersensemble (3-8 spelers)
Members: fl ob cl fg h 2trp trb
Details: In opdracht van het Ministerie van O., K. en W. - Opgedragen aan Kees van Baaren.
Duration: 11'
Inscriptions : for piano : (opus 6) : 1959 / Peter Schat
order Publisher: Amsterdam : Donemus, cop. 1959Number: 00603
Classification: Piano
Members: pf
Details: Ook verschenen o.d.t.: Inscripties.
Duration: 6'
Twee stukken : flauto, violino, tromba, percussione : opus 7 : 1959 / Peter Schat
order Publisher: Amsterdam : Donemus, cop. 1959Number: 06624
Classification: Gemengd ensemble (2-11 spelers)
Members: fl trp perc vl
Details: Opgedragen aan Walter Maas t.g.v. zijn 50ste verjaardag.
Duration: 6'
Mozaïeken = (Mosaics) : opus 5 : for orchestra : (1959) / Peter Schat
order Publisher: Amsterdam : Donemus, 1983Number: 06629
Classification: Orkest
Members: fl fl(pic) ob ob(eh) 2cl fg fg(cfg) 2h 2trp 2trb 5-6perc cel hp pf str
Details: Cop. 1959.
Duration: 10'
Cryptogamen : bariton, orkest : 1959 : opus 8 / Peter Schat; [tekst] (Gerrit Achterberg)
order Publisher: Amsterdam : Donemus, cop. 1959Number: 07107
Classification: Zangstem en orkest
Members: bar 3233 4321 timp 4perc pf(cel) hp str
Details: Tevens Franse tekst. - Tekst met Duitse vert. apart afgedrukt.
Duration: 15'
Improvisations and symphonies : for wind quintet : (opus 11) : (1960) / Peter Schat
order Publisher: Amsterdam : Donemus, [1982]Number: 01504
Classification: Blaaskwintet
Members: fl ob cl h fg
Details: In opdracht van het Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst t.g.v. het 50-jarig bestaan van het Genootschap van Nederlandse Componisten. - Opgedragen aan het Danzi Kwintet. - In memoriam Mátyàs Seiber. - Cop. 1960.
Duration: 16'
Concerto da camera : opus 10 : (1960) / Peter Schat
order Publisher: Amsterdam : Donemus, 1983Number: 06628
Classification: Orkest
Members: 0020 0000 perc pf str
Details: Voor orkest. - Opgedragen aan Roelof Krol en het Radio Kamerorkest. - Cop. 1960.
Duration: 15'
The fall : opus 9 : for sixteen voices / Peter Schat; [text:] (James Joyce)
order Publisher: [Amsterdam] : Donemus, cop. 1960Number: 06744
Classification: Gemengd koor
Members: 4sopr 4alt 4ten 4bas
Details: Voor solostemmen S(4)A(4)T(4)B(4). - Fantasietekst en Engelse tekst apart afgedrukt. - Jaar van comp.: 1960.
Duration: 4'
Entelechie 2 : scènes voor 11 musici : opus 13 : 1961 / Peter Schat
order Publisher: Amsterdam : Donemus, cop. 1961Number: 05648
Classification: Zangstem en instrument(en)
Members: sopr-m fl cl trp perc vibr hp pf vl vla vc
Details: Voor mezzosopraan (tevens slagwerk), piano, viool, klarinet, altviool, cello, fluit, harp, slagwerker, trompet en vibrafoon. - Tekst van Bert Schierbeek met Engelse vert. - In opdracht van het Ministerie van O. K. en W.
Signalement : pour 6 percutoristes et 3 contrebasses : nov. 1961 / Peter Schat
order Publisher: Amsterdam : Donemus, cop. 1961Number: 06591
Classification: Gemengd ensemble (2-11 spelers)
Members: 6perc 3cb
Details: Op. 14. - Opgedragen aan Le groupe à percussion de Strasbourg.
Duration: 16'
Entelechie I : für fünf Instrumentengruppen : (1960-1961) / Peter Schat
order Publisher: Amsterdam : Donemus, cop. 1961Number: 06631
Classification: Groot ensemble (12 of meer spelers)
Members: 1111 0210 2perc hp 4vl 3vla 5vc cb
Details: Voor fluit, hobo, klarinet, fagot, 2 trompetten, trombone, harp, 4 violen, 3 altviolen, 5 cello's, contrabas en 2 slagwerkers. - Op. 12. - In opdracht van de Südwestfunk Donaueschingen.
Duration: 15'
Sextet : fragment voor 3 toneelspelers en 3 musici : (1961) / Peter Schat
order Publisher: Amsterdam : Donemus, cop. 1962Number: 07769
Classification: Muziektheater
Members: 3actors fl pf vl
Details: Muziektheater voor 3 acteurs, fluit, viool en piano (tevens slagwerk). - Tekst naar generaal Li Tsji Minh. - Met voorw. en naw.
Duration: 6'
Collages : voor 31-toons orgel : november 1962 / Peter Schat
order Publisher: Amsterdam : Donemus, cop. 1962Number: 02787
Classification: Orgel
Members: org
Details: In opdracht van de Stichting Nauwluisterendheid
Stemmen uit het Labyrint = Stimmen aus dem Labyrinth : voor drie zangstemmen en orkest : für drei Singstimmen und Orchester : 1962/1963 / Peter Schat
order Publisher: Amsterdam : Donemus, cop. 1963Number: 06115
Classification: Vocaal ensemble (2-12) en orkest
Members: alt ten bas 3333 sar 4332 timp 4perc hp pf str(0.13.10.8.)
Details: Voor alt, tenor, bas en orkest. - Op. 15f. - Latijnse tekst. - Met voorw.
Duration: 30'
Dansen uit het Labyrint : opus 15-a : voor orkest : 1963 / Peter Schat
order Publisher: Amsterdam : Donemus, cop. 1963Number: 06623
Classification: Orkest
Members: 2fl fl-a 2ob eh cl 2cl-b 2fg 2cfg 4h 3trp 3trb 2tb timp 3perc hp pf str(0.13.10.8.)
Details: In opdracht van de gemeente Amsterdam.
Duration: 17'
Koren uit het Labyrint = Chöre aus dem Labyrinth : voor koor en orkest : für Chor und Orchester : 1962/1963 / Peter Schat
order Publisher: Amsterdam : Donemus, cop. 1963Number: 07893
Classification: Gemengd koor en orkest
Members: GK4 3323 sar/cfg 4332 timp 3perc hp pf str(0.13.10.8.)
Details: Voor koor S(10)A(10)T(10)B(10). - Op. 15b. - Duitse tekst van O. Weininger, Latijnse tekst van o.a. T. Tasso, Engelse tekst van G.M. Hopkins, Provençaalse tekst van Marcabru en Perzische spreuken. - Tekst apart afgedrukt
The Aleph : (from Labyrint) : op. 15 : electronic music / Peter Schat
Classification: Elektronische muziekDetails: Jaar van comp.: 1964
Scenes uit het Labyrint = Szenen aus dem Labyrinth : voor spreekstem, drie zangers, koor en orkest : für Sprechstimme, drei Sänger, Chor und Orchester : 1961/1964 / Peter Schat
order Publisher: Amsterdam : Donemus, cop. 1964Number: 05994
Classification: Gemengd koor en orkest
Members: recit alt ten bas GK4 3334 4332 3perc vibr hp pf str(0.13.10.8.)
Details: Voor spreekstem, alt, tenor, bas, koor S(10)A(10)T(10)B(10) en orkest. - Op. 15c. - Alleen Nederlandse tekst. - Tekst van Lodewijk de Boer apart afgedrukt.
Duration: 40'
Improvisaties = Improvisationen aus dem Labyrinth : uit het Labyrint : voor drie zangers en vier instrumentalisten : für drei Sänger und vier Instrumente : 1964 / Peter Schat
order Publisher: Amsterdam : Donemus, cop. 1964Number: 06118
Classification: Vocaal ensemble (2-12) en instrument(en)
Members: alt ten bas cl-b perc pf cb
Details: Voor alt, tenor, bas, piano, basklarinet, contrabas en slagwerker. - Op. 15d. - Klanktekst
Labyrint : een opera : 1960/'65 / Peter Schat
order Publisher: Amsterdam : Donemus, cop. 1965Number: 07770
Classification: Opera
Members: alt ten bas 5actors GK4 3334 4332 timp 4perc hp pf str(0.13.10.8.) cl-b-perc-pf-cb-solo dancers film tape
Details: Voor soli ATB, 5 acteurs, piano-, basklarinet-, contrabas- en slagwerkersolo, koor S(10)A(10)T(10)B(10), orkest, ballet, tape en film. - Op. 15. - Libretto naar "De paradijsvogel" van Louis Paul Boon van Lodewijk de Boer bevat tevens Latijnse en Duitse tekst. - Met voorw. en naw.
Duration: 180'
Banden uit het Labyrint : opus 15e : voor vier geluidssporen : 1964/1965 / Peter Schat; in samenwerking met Frits Weiland
order Publisher: Amsterdam : Donemus, cop. 1965Number: 08406
Classification: Elektronische muziek
Members: tape
Details: Elektronische muziek uit de opera Labyrint. - Met voorw. - Grafische notatie
First essay on electrocution : opus 16 : for violin, guitar and metal percussion instruments (3 players) : Amsterdam sept-dec 1966 / Peter Schat
order Publisher: Amsterdam : Donemus, cop. 1967Number: 06637
Classification: Gemengd ensemble (2-11 spelers), Elektronica met verschillende instrumenten, Gemengd ensemble (2-11 spelers) met elektronica
Members: 3perc g vl electronics
Details: Met elektronika. - In opdracht van de Rotterdamse Kunststichting
Clockwise and anti-clockwise : voor zestien blazers / Peter Schat
order Publisher: Amsterdam : Donemus, cop. 1967Number: 04718
Classification: Blazersensemble (9 en meer spelers)
Members: 3333 4000
Details: Voor 3 fluiten, 3 hobo's, 3 klarinetten (w.v. 2 tevens basklarinet), 3 fagotten en 4 hoorns. - Op. 17. - In opdracht van het Nederlands Blazers Ensemble. - Jaar van comp.: 1967.
Duration: 11'
On escalation : opus 18 : for six solo-percussionplayers and orchestra : Amsterdam 1968 / Peter Schat
order Publisher: Amsterdam : Donemus, cop. 1968Number: 04928
Classification: Slagwerk en groot ensemble
Members: 3533 2sax-t 2210 2el.g vl vla vc 6perc-solo
Details: In opdracht van de stad Amsterdam. - Opgedragen aan Ernesto Che Guevara.
Duration: 18'
Anathema : (opus 19) : for piano : (1969) / Peter Schat
order Publisher: Amsterdam : Donemus, [1980]Number: 00602
Classification: Piano
Members: pf
Details: In opdracht van de stad Amsterdam. - Opgedragen aan Marina Schapers. - Cop. 1969.
Duration: 8'
Hypothema : for recorders : opus 20 : 1969 / Peter Schat
order Publisher: Amsterdam : Donemus, cop. 1970Number: 01395
Classification: Blokfluit, Elektronica met verschillende instrumenten, Blokfluit met elektronica
Members: rec-t tape
Details: Voor tenorblokfluit en tape (door de uitvoerders zelf te maken). - Voor de uitvoering is een vc-gate ofwel flic-flac nodig. - In opdracht van het Ministerie van C.R.M. - Opgedragen aan Frans Brüggen.
Duration: 9'
Thema : voor hobo-solo, gitaren, orgel en blazers : 1970 / Peter Schat
order Publisher: Amsterdam : Donemus, [1970?]Number: 06223
Classification: Hobo en groot ensemble
Members: 5cl 4fg 2sax-a sax-t 3trp 3trb 3g g-b ham.org ob-solo
Details: Voor hobo solo, 3 gitaren, 5 klarinetten, 4 fagotten, 2 altsaxofoons, tenorsaxofoon, 3 trompetten, 3 trombones, basgitaar en hammondorgel. - Op. 21. - In opdracht van het Ministerie van CRM. - Opgedragen aan Han de Vries.
Duration: 14'
To you : for voice, guitars, keyboardinstruments, tops and electronics : opus 22 : (1970-'72) / Peter Schat; words: Adrian Mitchell
order Publisher: Amsterdam : Donemus, cop. 1972Number: 05647
Classification: Zangstem en groot ensemble, Elektronica en zangstem(men) met of zonder instrument(en)
Members: sopr-m 4pf 2el.org 6g 3g-b 6tops electronics
Details: Voor mezzosopraan, 6 gitaren, 3 basgitaren, 4 piano's, 2 el. orgels, 6 tollen en elektronica. - In opdracht van de Gemeente Amsterdam.
Duration: 21'
Canto general : opus 24 : for mezzo-soprano, violin and piano : (1974) / Peter Schat
order Publisher: Amsterdam : Donemus, [1979]Number: 06589
Classification: Zangstem en instrument(en)
Members: sopr-m pf vl
Details: Spaanse tekst van Pablo Neruda. - Tekst met Engelse vert. apart afgedrukt. - In opdracht van het Bumafonds. - Geschreven voor Lucia Kerstens, Vera Beths en Reinbert de Leeuw. - Cop. 1974.
Duration: 25'
Mei '75 = May '75 : een lied van bevrijding : a song of liberation : 2 soloists, mixed choir, orchestra / text: Adrian Mitchell; music: Peter Schat
order Publisher: Amsterdam : Donemus, cop. 1975Number: 06651
Classification: Gemengd koor en orkest
Members: sopr-m bar GK4 3333 4330 6perc 2hp str
Details: Negende scène uit de opera Houdini. - Voc. bez.: bariton, mezzosopraan en koor SATB. - Op. 25a. - Alleen Engelse tekst. - Tekst apart afgedrukt. - Jaar van comp.: 1975.
Duration: 8'
I am Houdini : a ballet to sing for tenor, choir and two pianos : opus 25 c / text: Adrian Mitchell; music: Peter Schat
order Publisher: Amsterdam : Donemus, cop. 1976Number: 06598
Classification: Gemengd koor en piano
Members: ten GK4 2pf
Details: Scene uit de opera Houdini. - Koorbez.: SATB. - Oorspr. voor tenor, koor en orkest. - Jaar van comp.: 1976.
Duration: 8'
Houdini : a circus-opera : opus 25 : 1974-1976 / libretto by Adrian Mitchell; music by Peter Schat
order Publisher: Amsterdam : Donemus, cop. 1977Number: 07229
Classification: Opera
Members: 7soloists GK4 3334 4342 timp 5perc steeldrums 2hp str 2vl-vla-vc-solo dancers acrobats
Details: Voor soli SMzsATBr(2)B, koor SATB, orkest, steelband, dansers, boeienkoningen en acrobaten. - Met samenvatting van de inhoud. - In opdracht van Hans de Roo en de Nederlandse Opera Stichting. - Opgedragen aan de moeder van de componist.
Duration: 114 2 bdn.'
Houdini symphony : opus 25b : for four soloists, mixed choir and orchestra : (1976) / Peter Schat; text by Adrian Mitchell
order Publisher: Amsterdam : Donemus, cop. 1976Number: 07267
Classification: Gemengd koor en orkest
Members: sopr sopr-m ten bar GK4 2fl fl(pic) 2ob ob(eh) 3cl 3fg fg(cfg) 4h 3trp 4trb 5perc steelband 2hp str
Details: Voor soli SMzsTBr, koor SATB, orkest en steelband (4 spelers). - Opgedragen aan het Concertgebouworkest.
Duration: 32'
Kind en kraai = Kind noch Kegel : een liederencyclus op tekst van Harry Mulisch : ein Liederzyklus auf Text von Harry Mulisch : -opus 26- : (1977) / Peter Schat; (aus dem Niederländischen von Siegfried Mrotzek)
order Publisher: Amsterdam : Donemus, [1979]Number: 05394
Classification: Zangstem en piano
Members: sopr pf
Details: Voor sopraan en piano. - Tekst apart afgedrukt. - In opdracht van de Nederlandse regering. - Geschreven voor het Holland Festival. - Cop. 1977.
Duration: 35'
The letter scene : from Houdini : soprano, tenor, piano : opus 25d / reduction: Roland Voortman; text: Adrian Mitchell; music: Peter Schat
order Publisher: Amsterdam : Donemus, cop. 1977Number: 06116
Classification: Vocaal ensemble (2-12) en piano
Members: sopr ten pf
Details: Oorspr. voor sopraan, tenor en orkest. - Jaar van comp.: 1977.
Duration: 7'
Symfonie no. 1 : voor orkest : opus 27 : 1978 (revisie: 1979) / Peter Schat
order Publisher: Amsterdam : Donemus, cop. 1978Number: 06625
Classification: Orkest
Members: 3fl(pic) 2ob(ob-am) ob(eh) 3cl cl-b 3fg cfg 4h 2trp trp(trp-pic) 3trb 2tb timp 4perc 2hp mouth-org str
Details: In opdracht van de gemeente Amsterdam. - T.g.v. het 90-jarig jubileum van het Concertgebouworkest.
Duration: 40'
Aap verslaat de knekelgeest = Monkey subdues the white-bone demon : = Affe besiegt Knochengeist : een strip-opera : a cartoon opera : eine Strip-Oper : (opus 28) : (1980) / Peter Schat; deutsche Uebersetzung von Siegfried Mrotzek; English translation by Wanda Boeke; tekst en muziek van Peter Schat
order Publisher: Amsterdam : Donemus, [1981]Number: 06790
Classification: Opera
Members: 5soloists 1111 1000 perc cemb 2vl vla vc cb actors acrobats
Details: Voor soli STCntBrBbr, mime-spelers, akrobaten en orkest. - Tekst apart afgedrukt. - Engelse en Duitse vert. uitsluitend apart afgedrukt. - Met samenvatting van de inhoud, voor- en naw. - In opdracht van de Nederlandse Opera Stichting. - Cop. 1980
Polonaise : (opus 29) : for piano : 1981 / Peter Schat
order Publisher: Amsterdam : Donemus, 1984Number: 00610
Classification: Piano
Members: pf
Details: In opdracht van de Nederlandse regering. - Opgedragen aan de vader van de componist. - Cop. 1981.
Duration: 12'
Symphony II : (opus 30) : for orchestra : (1983) / Peter Schat
order Publisher: Amsterdam : Donemus, 1984Number: 06630
Classification: Orkest
Members: pic 2fl fl(fl-a) 3ob eh 3cl cl-b 4sax 4h 3trp 3trb 2tb 5perc 2hp str
Details: Versie 1984. - In opdracht van de Nederlandse regering en het Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst. - Geschreven voor het Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest. - Opgedragen aan de stad Rotterdam. - Cop. 1983.
Duration: 35'
Serenade : voor strijkers : opus 31 : 1984 / Peter Schat
order Publisher: Amsterdam : Donemus, cop. 1984Number: 06638
Classification: Strijkorkest
Members: str(4.3.2.2.1.)
Details: In opdracht van het Caecilia Consort.
Duration: 12'
Adem : een lied voor kamerkoor : op. 32 : 1984 / Peter Schat
order Publisher: Amsterdam : Donemus, cop. 1984Number: 06742
Classification: Gemengd koor
Members: GK4
Details: Voor koor SSAATTBB. - Ned. vert. door J.W. Schotman van een inscriptie uit een Egyptisch koningsgraf. - Tekst apart afgedrukt. - In opdracht van het Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst. - Opgedragen aan het Nederlands Kamerkoor.
Duration: 12'
De trein : (uit de opera Symposion, libretto Gerrit Komrij) : voor vijf mannenstemmen en orkest : opus 33a : 1985-1989 / Peter Schat
order Publisher: Amsterdam : Donemus, 1991Number: 05951
Classification: Vocaal ensemble (2-12) en orkest
Members: ten 3bar bas 3343 3sax 4332 3perc 3mar 2hp str
Details: Voor soli TBr(3)B en orkest. - Voorw. tevens in het Engels. - Zelfstandig concertstuk, bevattende de openings- en slotscène uit de opera Symposion. - In opdracht van Gerard Mortier en de Nationale Opera te Brussel. - Gebaseerd op thema's uit de zesde symfonie van P.I. Cajkovskij. - Cop. 1985.
Duration: 55'
The tone clock : op. 34 : (1987) : for a mechanical clock / Peter Schat
Classification: DraaiorgelDetails: Geschreven voor een speelautomaat ontworpen door Floris Guntenaar
For Lenny, at 70 : a song for tenor and piano : opus 35 : 1988 / Peter Schat; poem by Constantin Cavafy
order Publisher: Amsterdam : Donemus, 1992Number: 06429
Classification: Zangstem en piano
Members: ten pf
Details: Tekst in vert. van Rae Dalven apart afgedrukt. - T.g.v de zeventigste verjaardag van Leonard Bernstein. - Cop. 1991.
Duration: 8'
Symposion : opera in twee akten : opus 33 : 1982-1989 : revisie 1994 / Peter Schat; op een libretto van Gerrit Komrij
order Publisher: Amsterdam : Donemus, cop. 1991Number: 07446
Classification: Opera
Members: soloists GK4 3343 3sax 4332 4perc 3mar 2hp str dancers
Details: Voor soli S(2)MzsT(4)Br(2)B(2), koor SATB, orkest en ballet. - In opdracht van Gerard Mortier en de Nationale Opera te Brussel. - Met financiële steun van het Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst. - Opgedragen aan Bastiaan Andreas. - Gebaseerd op thema's uit de zesde symfonie van P.I. C|~ajkovskij
De hemel = The Heavens : twaalf symphonische variaties : twelve symphonic variations : for orchestra : 1989/1990 / Peter Schat
order Publisher: Amsterdam : Donemus, 2000Number: 05830
Classification: Orkest
Members: 3fl fl(pic) fl-a 3ob ob(eh) 3cl cl-b 3fg cfg 4h 3trp 3trb tb timp perc cel mar vibr 2hp pf str
Details: Voor orkest. - Op. 37. - In opdracht van het Holland Festival. - Met financiële steun van het Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst. - Opgedragen aan de martelaren in hun strijd voor democratie op het Plein van de Hemelse vrede. - Cop. 1990.
Duration: 45'
Opening = Opening : voor orkest : for orchestra : opus 38 : 1991 / Peter Schat
Classification: OrkestMembers: 4444 4330 timp perc pf str
Details: In opdracht van de gemeente Eindhoven t.g.v. de opening van haar nieuwe Concertzaal. - Opgedragen aan het Brabants Orkest. - Met financiële steun van het Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst.
Duration: 22'
Etudes : voor piano en orkest : opus 39 : 1992 / Peter Schat
order Publisher: Amsterdam : Donemus, 1998Number: 08121
Classification: Piano en orkest
Members: 3fl 3ob eh 3bh cl-cb 3fg 3h 3trp mar str pf-solo
Details: In opdracht van de VARA-radio. - Opgedragen aan Jean-Yves Thibaudet. - Met financiële steun van het Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst. - Cop. 1992.
Duration: 21'
Preludes voor fluit en klein orkest : for flute, marimba, two harps and string orchestra : opus 36 : 1993 / Peter Schat
Classification: Fluit en orkestMembers: 0000 0000 mar 2hp str fl-solo
Details: In opdracht van de Berliner Festspiele, Jacques Zoon en het Chamber Orchestra of Europe. - Met financiële steun van het Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst.
Duration: 18'
Alarm : voor beiaard en luidklokken = for carillon and church bells : opus 40 : 1994 / Peter Schat
order Publisher: Amsterdam : Donemus, cop. 1994Number: 08514
Classification: Gemengd ensemble (2-11 spelers)
Members: car (bells ad lib.) / 3car (bells ad lib.)
Details: Luidklokken ad lib. - Bevat aanwijzingen voor een uitvoering met 3 beiaards en luidklokken ad lib. - Gebaseerd op het 17e-eeuwse lied "Est-ce Mars". - In opdracht van Floris Guntenaar en Opera Mundi. - Met financiële steun van het Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst.
Duration: 14'
Een Indisch requiem : voor tenor, koor en orkest : opus 41 : 1993-1995 / Peter Schat
order Publisher: Amsterdam : Donemus, 1995Number: 09081
Classification: Gemengd koor en orkest
Members: ten GK4 5474 4342 2Wag-tb 5perc 2hp pf str
Details: Koor SATB. - Klanktekst van Tan Malaka, Nederlandse tekst van Jan Eijkelboom en Rudy Kousbroek tevens apart afgedrukt. - Met voorw. - In opdracht van het Residentie Orkest. - Met financiële steun van het Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst. - Cop. 1995.
Duration: 25'
The food of love : for mezzo-soprano, tenor and chamber orchestra : opus 43 : 1997 / Peter Schat
order Publisher: Amsterdam : Donemus, 1998Number: 09324
Classification: Vocaal ensemble (2-12) en orkest
Members: sopr-m ten 2222 2100 hp perc str
Details: Nederlandse en Engelse tekst tevens apart afgedrukt. - Opgedragen aan Tamar Süss. - In opdracht van het Noord Nederlands Orkest. - Met financiële steun van het Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst. - Cop. 1997.
Duration: 12'
Arch music for St. Louis : for orchestra : opus 44 : 1997 / Peter Schat
order Publisher: Amsterdam : Donemus, 2000Number: 09437
Classification: Orkest
Members: 3344 3sax 4430 cel str
Details: In opdracht van het St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. - Met financiële steun van het Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst. - Opgedragen aan Hans Vonk. - Cop. 1997.
Duration: 15'
Derde symfonie : ("gamelansymfonie") : voor orkest : opus 45 : 1998/1999 / Peter Schat
order Publisher: Amsterdam : Donemus, 2002Number: 09237
Classification: Orkest
Members: pic 3fl 3ob 3cl cl-b 3fg cfg 4h 3trp 3trb gamelan 3timp mar str
Details: In opdracht van het Koninklijk Concertgebouw Orkest. - Cop. 1999.
Duration: 20'
The wallpeckers = De Muurspechten : a toccata for orchestra : een toccata voor orkest : opus 48 : 9 November 1999 / Peter Schat
order Publisher: Amsterdam : Donemus, 2002Number: 09815
Classification: Orkest
Members: 4444 4331 timp perc pf str
Details: Muziek bij de tiende verjaardag van de val van de Berlijnse Muur. - Met financiële steun van het Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst. - Cop. 1999.
Duration: 20'
Genen : voor viool en piano : opus 47 : 2000 / Peter Schat
order Publisher: Amsterdam : Donemus, 2002Number: 09649
Classification: Viool en toetsinstrument
Members: vl pf
Details: Cop. MuziekGroep Nederland, 2000.
Duration: 7'
Rondgang : voor kamerorkest : opus 42 : 1996/2000 / Peter Schat
order Publisher: Amsterdam : Donemus, 2002Number: 09841
Classification: Orkest
Members: 1033 0000 pf str
Details: In opdracht van het Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst. - Cop. MuziekGroep Nederland, 2000.
Duration: 10'
Lenteconcert voor fluit en orkest : 1993/2001 : (op. 36) / Peter Schat
order Publisher: Amsterdam : Donemus, 2002Number: 10287
Classification: Fluit en orkest
Members: 3ob 3cl cl-b cl-cb 3fg h trp trb timp mar str fl-solo
Details: Met financiële steun van het Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst. - Cop. MuziekGroep Nederland, 2001.
Duration: 21'
To whom : for soprano and ensemble : opus 23, 1973/2000 / Peter Schat; poem by Adrian Mitchell
order Publisher: Amsterdam : Donemus, 2003Number: 09912
Classification: Zangstem en instrument(en)
Members: sopr 2cl 3fg h trp pf el.g el. g-b
Details: Bew. c.q. vervanger van de compositie Het Vijfde Seizoen. - Bez. ensemble: 2 klarinetten, 3 fagotten, trompet, hoorn, el. gitaar, el. basgitaar en piano. - Tekst apart afgedrukt. - Met financiële steun van het Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst. - Cop. Donemus, 2000.
Duration: 24'
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