Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman


Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman was a Dutch composer. She was born in Rotterdam, and began composing in 1917 without instruction. In 1937 she studied orchestration with Eduard Flipse and became successful as a composer in the 1940s and 1950s.
In August 1914 she married writer Ferdinand Bordewijk, who contributed lyrics to some of her works, and had a son Robert and daughter Nina. She received an award in 1943 for her Piano Sonata and died in The Hague.

Works

Selected works include: