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First name: Daan
Last name: Manneke
Dates: 1939
Category: Quartet
Nationality: Dutch
Opus name: Chiasma (1970)
Publisher: MCN
Peculiarities: to buy: MCN http://webshop.mcn.nl/portal/catalog/mcn_productlist.php?work=320347
Information: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Daan Manneke (born Kruiningen, 7 November 1939) is a Dutch composer and organist. Manneke studied organ and composition from 1963 to 1967 at the Brabant Conservatory in Tilburg, under H. Houët and Louis Toebosch (organ) and Jan van Dijk (composition) 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 20th century music. He has written over 90 works in various styles, and is particularly known for his organ and choral music.