Klaas Bolt
Illustration — Klaas Bolt in 1990 in Haarlem Klaas Bolt (6 March 1927 in Appingedam – 11 April 1990 in Haarlem) was a Dutch organist and improviser. He taught improvisation at the Sweelinck Conservatory (named for Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, a Dutch organist and composer of the Renaissance) in Amsterdam, where Masaaki Suzuki was among his students. Bolt was a proponent of the use of slow tempi when playing hymns.
Klaas Bolt
Boer, Cees de (1918-1985) · CC0
- Born
- 1927 · Appingedam.
- Died
- 1990 · Haarlem.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Occupation
- organist · university teacher · composer
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Klaas Bolt naquit le 6 mars 1927 à Appingedam, Pays-Bas. Klaas Bolt mourut le 11 avril 1990 à Haarlem, Pays-Bas.
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He played many hymns at his weekly evening hymn sings, which drew substantial audiences. He would typically improvise the hymn introductions at these events.
Employment is recorded with Conservatorium van Amsterdam. Work by Klaas Bolt is recorded in the collections of Stadsarchief Rotterdam.
Portret van organist en componist Klaas Bolt, c. 1985
Fotograaf Bert van Voorden · Portret Klaas Bolt, door Bert van Voorden, Noord-Hollands Archief / Collectie van foto's van fotograaf Bert van Voorden te Haarlem
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1927
Klaas Bolt born at Appingedam.
1990
Klaas Bolt died at Haarlem.
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