Leopold van der Pals, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Leopold van der Pals

Dutch composer

Date of Birth: 04-Jul-1884

Place of Birth: Saint Petersburg

Date of Death: 07-Feb-1966

Profession: composer

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Leopold van der Pals (St.
Petersburg 4 July 1884 – Dornach 7 February 1966) was a Danish/Dutch modernist composer who developed a personal and lyrical style in composing by involving elements of late romanticism, expressionism and impressionism.
From an early age, Van der Pals expressed himself as a composer, writing at least 50 works before the age of 18.
He studied with Professor Julius Johannsen (van der Pals grand father), Alexander Denéréas (Lausanne) and Reinhold Gliere (Berlin).
Van der Pals also studied piano under Alexander Siloti and cello under Tom Canivez.
Leopold van der Pals debut as a composer was held in 1909 with Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (Symphony nr.
1 in F sharp minor, Op.
4) and performances followed extencivly throughout Europe and America until WWII.
His main part of totally 252 opus consists of works for singers (8 operas, 9 cantatas and 650 lieder), but also includes orchestral works and chamber music.
He was in close contact with authors, musicians, artists and poets his whole life.
Among them was Rudolf Steiner, Andrei Belyj, Reiner Maria Rilke, Friedrich Lienhard, Sergei Rachmaninov, Serge Koussevitzky and Alexander Skriabin.