Cornélie van Oosterzee

Cornélie van Oosterzee (16 August 1863 – 12 August 1943) was a Dutch pianist and composer.

Biography

Cornelie van Oosterzee was born in Batavia, now Jakarta. She began piano lessons at the age of 16 and later studied music theory with Willem Nicolaï. Her studies ended when her family moved to the Dutch East Indies, but she resumed her studies with Nicolaï when she returned to The Netherlands at the age of 25. She studied with Samuel de Lange in Stuttgart and with Robert Radecke, and was admitted as the only woman student to Heinrich Urban's Master School of Instrumental Composers in Berlin.^[1] Van Oosterzee was made a Knight of the Order of Oranje-Nassau in 1897.^[2] She died in Berlin.

Works

Van Oosterzee wrote songs and an opera. She also composed music for choral ensemble, chamber ensemble and orchestra. Selected works include:

• Das Gelöbnis (1910) opera
• Koningsidyllen symphonic poem after Tennyson
• Nordische Phantasy
• Prelude to Iolanthe^[3]

References

1. ^ "Cornelie of Oosterzee". http://nederlandsecomponistes.zierikzeenet.nl/homepage/show/pagina.php?paginaid=225484. Retrieved 18 October 2010. 
2. ^ Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994) (Digitized online by GoogleBooks). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. http://books.google.com/books?id=IvoQQU1QL_QC&pg=PA353&lpg=PA353&dq=Corn%C3%A9lie+van+Oosterzee&source=bl&ots=iHxvtJGyma&sig=NJxaL6njiD0EUAgQb01BQuzwGO4&hl=en&ei=jdm6TIRqhoGUB6fpxO8M&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CB8Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved 4 October 2010. 
3. ^ Saerchinger, César, ed (1819) (Digitized online by GoogleBooks). International who's who in music and musical gazetteer, Volume. Current Literature Publishing Company. http://books.google.com/books?id=UwoWAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA466&lpg=PA466&dq=Corn%C3%A9lie+van+Oosterzee+opera&source=bl&ots=tPTnfB2Ts6&sig=dny6-ufgYjyhokKlz0Ju8ceWGBU&hl=en&ei=phS9TPSBJ4SClAeY8uWqCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CCEQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved 18 October 2010. 

Persondata
Name	Oosterzee, Cornelie Van
Alternative names
Short description	Pianist and composer
Date of birth	16 August 1863
Place of birth	Batavia, Jakarta
Date of death	12 August 1943
Place of death	Berlin, Germany