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Jos Cleber

Jos Cleber
Jos Cleber in 1974
Cleber in 1974
Background information
Birth name Jozef Cleber
Born (1916-06-02)2 June 1916
Maastricht, Netherlands
Died 21 May 1999(1999-05-21) (aged 82)
Hilversum, Netherlands
Genres Classical, jazz
Occupation(s) Musician, conductor, composer, arranger
Instruments Trombone, violin
Years active 1931–1981
Labels Phonogram, Chappell, Decca, His Master's Voice, Philips, Telefunken
Associated acts Cosmopolitain Orkest (Radio Batavia, later AVRO)

Jozef "Jos" Cleber (Dutch pronunciation: [kle'bɛr]; 2 June 1916, Maastricht – 12 May 1999, Hilversum) was a Dutch trombonist, violinist, conductor, composer, arranger, and producer.

He wrote numerous arrangements (notably to Heel de wereld, the Dutch Eurovision Song Contest entry in 1958) and conducted De Zaaiers, one of the orchestras of Dutch radio, and many recordings on the Phonogram label until he left for South Africa in 1962. However, he may be best known for orchestrating the Indonesian national anthem Indonesia Raya.

Cleber was born in Maastricht, the youngest of eight children in the Roman Catholic family of Gerardus Josephus Cleber, the organist and choir conductor at the Basilica of Saint Servatius, and Anna Maria Bastian. His father gave him his first music lessons.

After high school, he attended the Maastricht Academy of Music, where he studied violin and piano, and at fifteen years old, he began playing viola with the Maastrichts Stedelijk Orkest. He later became fascinated by jazz and the music of Duke Ellington and thus chose to continue his studies at the Royal Conservatory of Liège in saxophone and clarinet. There he was advised to study trombone instead, because his lips were thought to be well suited for it.


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