Hendrika van Tussenbroek

Hendrika Cornelia van Tussenbroek (2 December 1854 – 21 June 1935)[1] was a Dutch composer[2] and teacher who is best remembered today for her music for children.

She studied music with Richard Hol and Johan Wagenaar,[4] and collaborated with composer Catharina van Rennes.

She also composed music for texts by other writers, including Jan Dirk Christiaan van Dokkum, J.N.

[5] Tussenbroek's children's operetta De Drie Kaboutertjes (The Three Goblins; opus 13)[7] was performed at the National Exhibition of Women's Labor at The Hague in 1898.

[8] Helen Metzelaar noted in 2001 that Tussenbroek and Catharina van Rennes "inspired a love of music in both young and old" and "created a new genre for children which remained viable in the Netherlands up to the 1960s.