Jan Gerard Palm
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Jan Gerard Palm (2 June 1831 – 13 December 1906) was a 19th-century composer. Palm is often referred to as the "father of Curaçao's classical music". Born in Curaçao, Palm had directed several music ensembles by a relatively young age. In 1859, he was appointed music director of the citizen's guard orchestra in Curaçao. Palm played several musical instruments such as piano, organ, lute, clarinet, flute and mandolin. As an organist, Palm played for many years in the Jewish synagogue Emanu-El and
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- Given name
- Jan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
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- composer
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- date of birth
- 1831-06-02
- date of death
- 1906-12-13
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- Ivry-la-Bataille
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