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Browse piano sheets by Willem Ciere on Zen Virtual Piano. Willem Ciere (1883–1955) wrote the song “Zij die niet slapen” in 1916 together with Kees Pruis (1889–1957), who recorded it in 1921. The melodramatic song denounces, through many examples, the gap between the bourgeoisie and the workers, and leaves it to the listeners to draw the proper conclusions. The music of the original is not easy, and even Kees Pruis does not manage to sing his own song correctly according to the score of Willem Ciere. Market and street singers made up adapted texts for the song so that it fitted current events, such as problems in the mine, at sea or in the army. Little information about this artist is available.
Browse piano sheets by Willem Ciere on Zen Virtual Piano.
Willem Ciere (1883–1955) wrote the song “Zij die niet slapen” in 1916 together with Kees Pruis (1889–1957), who recorded it in 1921. The melodramatic song denounces, through many examples, the gap between the bourgeoisie and the workers, and leaves it to the listeners to draw the proper conclusions. The music of the original is not easy, and even Kees Pruis does not manage to sing his own song correctly according to the score of Willem Ciere. Market and street singers made up adapted texts for the song so that it fitted current events, such as problems in the mine, at sea or in the army. Little information about this artist is available.
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He wrote the song “Zij die niet slapen” in 1916 together with Kees Pruis, who recorded it in 1921.
It denounces, through many examples, the gap between the bourgeoisie and the workers, and leaves it to the listeners to draw the proper conclusions.
Market and street singers made up adapted texts to fit current events, such as problems in the mine, at sea or in the army.