Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1921
- Died
- 1999
- Works
- 8
Top works
- Flute of wonder
- Sonata in one movement
- A visitor's album of four piano pieces
- Martha through the looking-glass
- The farewell
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Netherlands
- Active from
- 1985-12-31
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Discography
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- 1,871
- Total plays
- 8,996
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Leopold (Leo) Smit (Amsterdam, 14 May 1900 - Sobibór, 30 April 1943) was a Dutch composer and pianist of Portugese-Jewish descent. Smit studied piano at the Conservatory of Amsterdam with Sem Dresden and Ulfert Schults, and composition with Bernard Zweers and (again) Sem Dresden. In 1927 he moved to Paris, where the music of Maurice Ravel and Igor Stravinsky made a great impression on him. Ten years later he moved back to Amsterdam. Being Jewish, Smit was deported to Sobibór on April 27 1943. T
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Leo
- Family name
- Smit
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Place of birth
- Amsterdam
- Place of death
- Sobibór Extermination Camp
- Occupation
- pianist
- Educated at
- Conservatorium van Amsterdam
- Languages spoken
- Dutch
- Instrument
- piano
- Image
- Leo Smit, componist.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1900-05-14
- date of death
- 1943-04-30
- place of detention
- Westerbork Transit Camp
- name in native language
- Leo Smit
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