Norbert Wissing

Norbert Wissing (May 18, 1959, Amsterdam - March 3, 2019) was a Dutch composer of chamber music, orchestral music, music for theatre and classical music. He got his training from Lex van Delden.

Musical style

His legacy consists of a series Musica: solo pieces some with accompaniment, some solo; and of a series Canto: large scale works for chamber ensembles and orchestras.

The style of Wissing's music can be described as moderately modern or Neo-Romantic. He had been using long melodic lines in a basically modal world, his harmonies are built on fourths. The orchestration of Wissing's music is refined and powerful. Influences on his melodic style have been traced back to Carl Nielsen and Leoš Janáček, while the orchestration of Wissing is influenced by Gustav Mahler, Dmitri Shostakovitch and Richard Strauss.

He died on March 3, 2019, of a heart-attack

Orchestral works

• Fassbinders Tod 1997
• Symphony No1 2003
• Symphony no2 2007
• symphony no3 2008/9
• Impressione di una mallatia 2009/11
• La vita con un autistico 2010/12
• Ansia per Orchestra 2015/16
• Symfonie No 4 2016/17

Chamber music

• Brass Quintet No1 1987
• Brass Quintet No2 2006/9
• String Quartet 1998
• Libramente per ensemble da camara 2012
• Musica per Oboe d'amore e Arpa 2013
• String Quartet no2 2016
• Piano trio 2016/18
• Sonate voor bastrombone en piano 2017
• Tweede Strijkkwartet 2018

Music theatre

• Die Todes Fuge for voice and orchestra, 2002/10