Funeral procession of Johan Schoonderbeek

Johan Schoonderbeek, the founder and first conductor of the Netherlands Bach Society, died on 3 March 1927 at the age of 52. He was carried to his grave in a long funeral procession along the old ramparts of Naarden.

Johan Schoonderbeek was succeeded by Evert Cornelis, the second in-house conductor of the Netherlands Bach Society.

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    The funeral procession of Johan Schoonderbeek in 1927.

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    Commemorative stone in memory of Johan Schoonderbeek in the Grote Kerk in Naarden.