Willem Rogier van Otterloo (11 December 1941 – 29 January 1988) was a Dutch composer and conductor.

Biography

Van Otterloo was the eldest son of the conductor

Willem van Otterloo Jan Willem van Otterloo (27 December 190727 July 1978) was a Dutch conductor, cello, cellist and composer. Biography Van Otterloo was born in Winterswijk, Gelderland, in the Netherlands, the son of William Frederik van Otterloo, a railway inspe ...

, and was born in

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, Netherlands. He composed several soundtracks for Dutch films and in 1980 became conductor of the Metropole Orkest for

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music in

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. He conducted five Dutch entries in

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s: "

" (1980), " Het is een wonder" (1981), " Jij en ik" (1982), " Ik hou van jou" (1984) and " Rechtop in de wind" (1987). He has also composed

music. He died from

mesothelioma Mesothelioma is a type of cancer that develops from the thin layer of tissue that covers many of the internal organs (known as the mesothelium). The area most commonly affected is the lining of the lungs and chest wall. Less commonly the lini ...

in 1988.

Discography

* ' Turks Fruit' 1973 * 'Visions' 1974 * 'Lets Go To Randstad/Randstad Reflection' 1974 * 'Munich 74' 1974 * 'On The Move' 1976 * 'Moods' 1976 * 'The French Collection' 1976 * 'Heartbeat/Farewell Song' 1976 * ' Soldaat van Oranje' 1977 * 'Tin Pan Alley' 1978 * 'Wereldsuccessen' 1978 * 'Juliana 70' 1979 * 'Grijpstra en de Gier'1979 * 'Collage' 1980 * 'First In The Air' 1984 * 'Silver Selection' 1985 * 'Verzameld Werk' 2005

Filmography

* '' Turks Fruit'' (1973) * ' (1974) * '' Help, de dokter verzuipt!'' (1974) * '' Keetje Tippel'' (1975) * '' Soldaat van Oranje'' (1977) * '' Grijpstra & De Gier'' (1979) * '' Vrijdag'' (1981) * '' Te Gek Om Los te Lopen'' (1981) * '' De Vlaschaard'' (1983) * '' Op hoop van zegen'' (1986)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Otterloo, Rogier van 1941 births 1988 deaths Dutch male conductors (music) Dutch jazz composers Dutch film score composers Musicians from Amsterdam Deaths from cancer in the Netherlands Deaths from mesothelioma 20th-century Dutch conductors (music) Dutch male film score composers Male jazz composers 20th-century Dutch male musicians 20th-century jazz composers