Bertha Tideman-Wijers

Albertha Wilhelmina Tideman-Wijers[1] (8 January 1887 – 1 January 1976)[2] was a Dutch composer[3] who lived in Indonesia for almost two decades and incorporated Indonesian elements into her compositions.[4] She published her music under the name Bertha Tideman-Wijers.

Wijers was born in Almelo. Her family moved to Berlin in 1900, where her first music teachers were her mother and Marie Tauszky.[2] She later studied with Max Loewengaard and Wilhelm Klatte at the Stern Conservatory in Berlin,[5] then with Ernst von Dohnanyi and Richard Roessler at the Berlin Hochschule fuer Musik (today the Berlin University of the Arts).[1]

Wijers married Jan Tideman on 31 March 1910 and they had three children, Elisabeth,[6] Bruno and Johanna. Tideman was a government official in the Maluku Islands in Indonesia, and they lived there until returning to the Netherlands in1929. Bruno unfortunately died while fighting in World War II.[2]

Wijers' Small Suite for Carillon won a Visser-Neerlandia prize in 1959.[2] Her papers are archived at the Netherlands Music Institute.[7] Her music was published by Broekmans & van Poppel.[2] Her compositions include:

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  3. ^ Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography. Don A. Hennessee (2nd ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-2769-7. OCLC 28889156.
  4. ^ van Dijk, Henk Mak; Tigges, Wim (2014), Barendregt, Bart; Bogaerts, Els (eds.), "CONSTANT VAN DE WALL, A EUROPEAN–JAVANESE COMPOSER", Recollecting Resonances, Indonesian-Dutch Musical Encounters, Brill, pp. 151–178, JSTOR 10.1163/j.ctt1w76trp.10, retrieved 2021-07-12
  5. ^ Mescht, Van der; Hermann, Heinrich (Jun 2008). "Some South African connections among students at the Stern'sches Conservatorium der Musik in Berlin, 1850-1914". South African Journal of Cultural History = Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Kultuurgeskiedenis. hdl:2263/8882. ISSN 1018-0745.
  6. ^ "Familie 94". www.indeks.pt. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
  7. ^ "Aanwinsten Archieven | Nederlands Muziek Instituut". www.nederlandsmuziekinstituut.nl. Retrieved 2021-07-12.