Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman

Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman (4 August 1892 – 8 October 1971) was a Dutch composer.

She was born in Rotterdam, and began composing in 1917 without formal instruction.

[1] In 1937, she studied orchestration with Eduard Flipse and became successful as a composer in the 1940s and 1950s.

[2] In August 1914, she married writer Ferdinand Bordewijk, who contributed lyrics to some of her works.

She received an award in 1943 for her Piano Sonata and died in The Hague.