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Dolf van der Linden
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Dutch conductor and composer (1915-1999)
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It is catalogued under topics including 1915 births, 1999 deaths and 20th-century Dutch conductors (music).
Its subject is documented across 10 Wikipedia language editions.
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Netherlands
- Active from
- 1915
- Active to
- 1999
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 111
- Total plays
- 988
Dolf van der Linden (David Gysbert van der Linden) (Vlaardingen, 22nd June 1915 – Hilversum, 30th January 1999) was a Dutch conductor and composer of light music. In 1945 he founded the Metropole Orkest which he led from 1945 to 1980. Between 1957 and 1971, Dolf van der Linden conducted 13 Dutch Eurovision entries, of which two were winners; 1957's Net als toen (vocals Corry Brokken) and 1959's 'n Beetje (vocals Teddy Scholten). <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Dolf+Van+Der+Linden">Read more
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Van der Linden
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Place of birth
- Vlaardingen
- Place of death
- Weesp
- Occupation
- composer
- Genre
- pop music
- Image
- Dolf van der Linden.PNG
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- Commons category
- Dolf van der Linden
- date of birth
- 1915-06-22
- date of death
- 1999-01-30
- cause of death
- disease
- start of work period
- 1934-00-00
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Dolf van der Linden
- birth name
- David Gijsbert van der Linden
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