HertOg, Johannes den
HertOg, Johannes den
HertOg, Johannes den, Dutch conductor and composer; b. Amsterdam, Jan. 20, 1904; d. there, Oct. 18, 1982. He studied with his father, Herman Johannes den Hertog, then with Cornells Dopper. He was director and conductor of the Wagner Soc. in Amsterdam, where, from 1938 to 1941, he was asst. conductor of the Concertgebouw Orch. In 1948 he was appointed conductor of the Flemish Opera in Antwerp, and from 1960 to 1965 was artistic director of the Netherlands Opera in Amsterdam. He wrote an opera, Pygmalion (1957), a musical play, Pandora (1968), orch. music, chamber pieces, choral works, and songs.
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