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Bernard Zweers
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Netherlands
- Active from
- 1854-05-18
- Active to
- 1924-12-09
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 233
- Total plays
- 1,848
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Bernard Zweers (born Bernardus Josephus Wilhelmus Zweers) (Amsterdam, May 18, 1854 - December 9, 1924) was a Dutch composer and music teacher. Bernard Zweers was born in 1854 as the son of an Amsterdam book- and music shopkeeper. Although his father was an amateur singer, he strongly disapproved of his son’s musical interests, expecting him to follow him in the family business. Being fundamentally self-taught, he had some minor musical successes <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Bernard+Zweers
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Bernard
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Place of birth
- Amsterdam
- Place of death
- Amsterdam
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Employer
- Conservatorium van Amsterdam
- Languages spoken
- Dutch
- Genre
- symphony
- Image
- Bernard Zweers.jpg
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- Bernard Zweers
- date of birth
- 1854-05-18
- date of death
- 1924-12-09
- student
- Bertha Frensel Wegener
- has works in the collection
- Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
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