Maria Blom (carillonneur)

Maria Blom (1914 – 1994) was a 20th-century Dutch carillonneur and the first woman to work as a professional carillonneur in the Netherlands.[1][2]

Life and career

Blom served as the carillonneur of the Sint Janskerk in Gouda from 1943-1985, and also played in IJsselstein and Kamerik.[3][4] In a 1960 interview for a women’s magazine, Blom recounted how her private teacher Ferdinand Timmermans temporarily ceased teaching her, given that she had little hope of being accepted to the Royal Carillon School "Jef Denyn" as a woman.[5] Unruffled, she hosted a summer concert series one year of exclusively women performers. She also established Gouda's famed Candle Night tradition with mobile carillon.[5]

References
  1. "Maria Blom". Carillontorens.com. Retrieved 2020-02-22.
  2. "Streekarchief Midden-Holland". Samh.nl. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
  3. Abels, P. H. A. M. (2002). Duizend jaar Gouda: een stadsgeschiedenis (in Dutch). Uitgeverij Verloren. ISBN 978-90-6550-717-4.
  4. Weel, Heleen van der (2008). Klokkenspel: het carillon en zijn bespelers tot 1800 (in Dutch). Uitgeverij Verloren. ISBN 978-90-8704-061-1.
  5. "'Vivos Voco': Maria Blom, Neêrlands enige beiaardierster". Moeder Vrouwenpost: 769–770. December 1960.


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