Jurriaan Andriessen

Jurriaan Hendrik Andriessen (November 15, 1925–August 23, 1996) was a Dutch composer, whose father, Hendrik, brother Louis, and uncle Willem have also been notable composers. Andriessen studied composition with his father at the Utrecht Conservatory before moving to Paris where he studied with Olivier Messiaen.

Selected works

• Het wonderlijke uur (The Miraculous Hour), incidental music (1948)
• Berkshire Symphonies, orchestral (1949)
• Rouw past Elektra (Mourning becomes Electra), incidental music (1954)
• Entrata Festiva, orchestral, for the wedding of Princess Beatrix (1966)
• Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, stage score (1968)
• Een Prince van Orangien, orchestral, for the silver jubilee of Queen Juliana (1973)
• Entrata della regina, orchestral, for the coronation of Queen Beatrix (1980)