Maria Scheepers

Last updated

Maria Scheepers van Dommelen (17 November 1892 - 1989) was a Belgian pianist who arranged works and premiered several concerti for the Hans piano. [1] She also performed with the Belgian Vocal Trio and arranged music for it. [2] She used the pseudonym Mit Scapus. [3] [4] [5]

Scheepers was born in Antwerp and lived there her entire life. She studied at the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp with August De Boeck. [1] As a concert pianist, she presented many concerts with pianist Flore Levine-Cousyns. She performed with the Belgian Vocal Trio with Roitel and Tolkowsky, and arranged over 60 songs for the trio. She also served as president of the Concerts de Midi d'Anvers. [6]

In 1926, Pierre Hans commissioned August De Boeck to compose a concerto for the Hans piano. Hans was an engineer with very thick fingers, who had asked the French firm Pleyel to build a piano he designed with an upper keyboard and a lower keyboard tuned a half tone apart.  Scheepers created the solo Hans piano part for De Boeck’s concerto and premiered it. She also premiered Hans piano concerti composed by Ernest d’Agrèves, René Barbier, Pierre Hans,  and Carl Smulders. She taught Hans piano courses at conservatories in Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, and transcribed pieces for regular piano so they could be played on the Hans piano. Her manuscript for the De Boeck concerto is archived at the Letterenhuis in Belgium. The Hans piano was very expensive to build and fell out of use after World War II. [1]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vladimir Ashkenazy</span> Icelandic pianist and conductor from Russia

Vladimir Davidovich Ashkenazy is an internationally recognized solo pianist, chamber music performer, and conductor. He is originally from Russia and has held Icelandic citizenship since 1972, and Swiss citizenship later. He has lived in Switzerland since 1978. Ashkenazy has collaborated with well-known orchestras and soloists. In addition, he has recorded a large repertoire of classical and romantic works. His recordings have earned him five Grammy awards and Iceland's Order of the Falcon.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Krystian Zimerman</span> Polish classical pianist

Krystian Zimerman is a Polish concert pianist, conductor and pedagogue who has been described as one of the greatest pianists of his generation. In 1975, he won the IX International Chopin Piano Competition.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rudolph Ganz</span> Swiss-born American musician (1877–1972)

Rudolph Ganz was a Swiss-born American pianist, conductor, composer, and music educator.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bart van Oort</span> Dutch musician

Bart van Oort is a Dutch classical pianist.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">August de Boeck</span> Flemish composer, organist and music pedagogue

Julianus Marie August De Boeck was a Flemish composer, organist and music pedagogue. He was the son of organist and director Florentinus (Flor) De Boeck (1826-1892)

Walter, Knight Boeykens was a Belgian conductor and a world-renowned clarinetist. Boeykens' impressive discography, including several critically acclaimed performances, are testimony to his status as one of the most notable clarinetists of the 20th century. Boeykens remained active and was in concert frequently all around the world until his death in 2013.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jos Van Immerseel</span> Belgian harpsichordist, pianist and conductor

Jos Van Immerseel is a Belgian harpsichordist, pianist and conductor.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jonathan Cohler</span> Musical artist

Jonathan Cohler is an American classical clarinetist, conductor, music educator and record producer.

Stephanie Ann Chase is an American classical violinist.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jozef De Beenhouwer</span> Musical artist

Jozef De Beenhouwer is a Belgian pianist, music teacher and musicologist.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">James Kwast</span> Dutch-German pianist

James Kwast was a Dutch-German pianist and renowned teacher of many other notable pianists. He was also a minor composer and editor.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Flore Levine-Cousyns</span>

Flore Levine-Cousyns was born in Antwerp in Belgium on December 6, 1898 and died in Antwerp on April 14, 1989. She was a concert pianist, Professor of Piano at the Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp (1931-1964) and was appointed Chevalier de l’Ordre de la Couronne and Chevalier de l’Ordre de Léopold. She herself was a disciple of Émile Bosquet.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pierre Luboshutz</span> Russian pianist

Pierre Luboshutz was a Russian concert pianist.

Aimee van de Wiele was a Belgian keyboardist and composer, born in Brussels. She began her music studies at the Brussels Conservatory, where she studied with E. Bosquet and won the Laure van Cutsem prize for piano, as well as prizes for harmony, counterpoint, composition, and music theory. Wiele then moved to France to study harpsichord at the Paris Conservatory with Wanda Landowska and musicology with Andre Pirro. After Landowska's death in 1959, Wiele began teaching at the Paris Conservatory, where she had several notable students, including Elisabeth Chojnacka and Marketta Valve.

Chris Mary Francine Whittle is a Belgian composer, performer and teacher.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Diane Andersen</span> Belgian pianist

Diane Andersen is a Danish born, Belgian classical concert pianist born in Copenhagen to a French mother and a Danish father.

Awilda M. Villarini-Garcia is a Puerto Rican composer and pianist who publishes and performs under the name "Awilda Villarini."

Theodora R. Troendle was an American composer, pianist, and music educator who composed a piano concerto, then premiered it as the soloist with the Chicago Women's Symphony Orchestra in 1927.

Marie Charlotte Elisabeth d'Arpentigny de Malleville Tardieu was a French composer, concert pianist, and teacher who organized chamber recitals throughout Europe. She composed and performed under the names Charlotte de Malleville or Charlotte Tardieu.

Else Schmitz-Gohr was a German composer, pianist, and teacher who is best remembered for her Elegy for the Left Hand for piano, her successful students, and her recordings of Max Reger’s works for piano.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Boeck, August de". Repertoire and Opera Explorer. Retrieved 2023-03-11.
  2. Corbet, August (1957). Algemene muziekencyclopedie (in Dutch). Zuid-Nederlandse Uitg.
  3. Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers (Second edition, revised and enlarged ed.). New York: Books & Music USA Inc. p. 620. ISBN   0-9617485-2-4. OCLC   16714846.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  4. Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography. Don A. Hennessee (2nd ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. p. 1109. ISBN   0-8108-2769-7. OCLC   28889156.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  5. Drone, Jeanette Marie (2007). Musical AKAs : assumed names and sobriquets of composers, songwriters, librettists, lyricists, hymnists, and writers on music. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press Inc. pp. 334, 574. ISBN   978-0-8108-5739-1. OCLC   62858081.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  6. Bulletin d'information de la vie musicale belge (in French). Conseil national de la musique. 1972.