Daan Manneke (born 7 November 1939) is a Dutch

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. Manneke was born in

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. He studied organ and composition from 1963 to 1967 at the Brabant Conservatory in

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, under Huub Houët and Louis Toebosch (organ) and Jan van Dijk (composition). Manneke then studied organ with Belgian organist Kamiel d’Hooghe in Brussels, followed by composition with Ton de Leeuw in Amsterdam. In 1976 he was awarded The Composition Prize at the Amsterdam Sweelinck Conservatory, where he now teaches composition and analysis of

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. He was conductor of Cappella Breda, and has made numerous recordings with them (Dufay, Willaert, Bruckner, Strawinsky, Pärt, Ton de Leeuw, Manneke).

Works

He has written over 90 works in various styles, and is particularly known for his organ and choral music.

Selected recordings

*works on ''Invisible Cities'' Quink Vocal Ensemble, Telarc 1996

References

1939 births Living people 21st-century Dutch male musicians 21st-century Dutch organists Academic staff of the Conservatorium van Amsterdam Composers for carillon Dutch composers Dutch male organists People from Reimerswaal {{organist-stub