Hanseatic Suite (Jacob De Haan)

This composition was composed within the framework of the Hanseatic Days, held in 1990 in the Dutch cities of Deventer and Zutphen. The medieval hanseatic towns, along the river IJssel are central in this four piece suite. The first part is a stately image of the town of Deventer. The small town of Doesburg is introduced next in a lively and playful 3/4 time. The town of Kampen is central in the third movement, in the form of a dignified court dance, the pavane. The suite comes to a close with a triumphal reproduction of the town of Zutphen.

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• Hanseatic
• Suite
• Jacob
• De
• Haan
• for
• band
• para
• banda

[henzuurveld]

Ik ben bij de hanzedagen in Deventer geweest. Dit stuk hebben we ook gespeeld en bij een van de repetities was Jacob de Haan aanwezig. Verder Dakota, A sunrise impression, La Storia en Oregon ooit gespeeld. Ik heb zowel in Colmschate als in Alblasserdam gespeeld.

[msleslie1]

This composition honors the memory and spirit of the hanseatic cities very well. There is much to be said for citizens banding together voluntarily for mutual aid and protection against piracy, dredging of canals, buildling of lighthouses, negotiating trade routes, and imposing commercial order through careful weights and measures, etc. It is a proud history worth remembering, a force for good.