Jozef Cleber

Jozef Cleber (June 2, 1916, Maastricht – May 12, 1999, Hilversum), also known as Jos Cleber or Jozef van Cleber, was a Dutch composer and conductor. He worked in the Netherlands, South-Africa, and the Dutch East Indies/Indonesia. He wrote numerous arrangements (amongst others to Heel de wereld, the Dutch Eurovision Song Contest entry in 1958) and conducted De Zaaiers, one of the orchestras of Dutch radio, until he left for South Africa in 1962. However, he is best known for orchestrating the Indonesian national anthem Indonesia Raya.

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