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Willem Pijper: 3 Dutch folk dances

944 views · Published 23 September 2015 · 2:38 · Indexed 6 November 2026

Channel: PSearPianist · 2015 · Music

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Phillip Sear plays three very short arrangements of Dutch folk dances by the Dutch composer Willem Pijper (1894–1947)
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The pieces are:
'Het patertje langs den kant' 
'Scharmoes' (= Scaramouche)
'De Boufon' (=The Buffoon)
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Pijper studied for a while with Johan Wagenaar at the Utrecht conservatory, but was mainly self-taught as a composer.  He combined composing with work as a music critic, and was later principal of the Rotterdam conservatory.  He wrote several symphonies and concerti, and also chamber and stage music.  This set of three dances, arranged by Pijper in January 1926, was published as part of a series of 'Folk Dances of the World' by Oxford University Press.  The first piece is a Dutch children's dance; the second was first published around 1700 in Amsterdam; and the third first appeared around 1600.   A viewer has kindly provided some information on the children's dance: it is actually a kissing game, and Patertje (little Father) is the oldest child within a circle of children singing and walking "along the side". He has the role of Patertje and stands in the middle of the circle, choosing a girl and performs the acts of the song. Kissing games were considered dangerous at the beginning of the 20th century because of the perceived risk of syphilis!

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