Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman

composer

Date of Birth: 04-Aug-1892

Place of Birth: Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 08-Oct-1971

Profession: composer

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman (4 August 1892 – 8 October 1971) was a Dutch composer.
She was born in Rotterdam, and began composing in 1917 without instruction.
In 1937 she studied orchestration with Eduard Flipse and became successful as a composer in the 1940s and 1950s.In August 1914 she married writer Ferdinand Bordewijk, who contributed lyrics to some of her works, and had a son Robert and daughter Nina.
She received an award in 1943 for her Piano Sonata and died in The Hague.