Jan Gerard Palm

Jan Gerard Palm (June 2, 1831 – December 13, 1906) was a Curaçaoan composer.

[1][2] Born in Curaçao, Palm directed several music ensembles at a young age.

Palm played several musical instruments, including piano, organ, lute, clarinet, flute, and mandolin.

As an organist, Palm played for many years in the Jewish synagogues, Emanu-El and Mikvé Israel, the Protestant Fort Amsterdam Church,[3] and the Lodge Igualdad in Curaçao.

He regularly contributed to Notas y Letras (Notes and Letters), a periodical issued in Curaçao between 1886 and 1888, with subscribers throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.