Veronica: 4 Lieder

Dedicated to Greta Santhagens-Manders location of manuscript: www.nederlandsmuziekinstituut.nl archive registration number 009/010 009/011 Galgen Lockung Veronica tanzt Veronicas Todesgebet Words by Ignace Lilien See also: www.nederlandsmuziekinstituut.nl catalogue application number MNmfI/0557 www.nederlandsmuziekinstituut.nl catalogue application number NMI 5972 Composed in Delft His hometown Lemberg, in the Ukraine known as Lviv, and in Poland as Lwów, has a history of occupation by shifting powers. This is why the Germans had trouble figuring out Ignace Lilien's real identity; he survived the war with forged documents. He worked as a chemical engineer, but that didn’t stop him from composing a large oeuvre. His life was as varied as his music, with influences ranging from Polish modernism to South American rhythms and timbres. by Frans van Ruth