Loosjes, Adriaan Petruszoon 13.mei.1761-28.feb.1818 Netherlands Texel, Den Hoorn - Haarlem
poet, writer, ?composer, publisher in Haarlem, member of the stage society 'Leerzaam Vermaak' at Klein Heiligland in Haarlem, he was a fierce patriot against the Prussian, French and some Dutch rulers, and member of the patriotic society Democriet in Haarlem, 1795 in a pamphlet he admitted he had in recent years promoted the revolutionary idea against the subjugation by the Orange authority with many 'Zang den lof der vrijheid toegewijd' ('Songs dedicating the praises of liberty'), 1814 he published the patriotic songbook 'Liederen van en door vrienden van vrijheid, vaderland en Oranje' ('Songs of and by friends of freedom, fatherland and Orange') ; father of Vincent Loosjes

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[] Vriendenzangen tot gezellige vreugd words by Adriaan Loosjes music attributed to Adriaan Loosjes by Eitner ms Amsterdam Library [Eitner]
[] 't Vaarwel "Gij keert misschien nooit in onze armen weer, of mooglijk, zo gij keert, met droevige laurieren" (The farewell "You may never return in our arms again, or possibly, if you will, with sad laurels") words by Adriaan Petruszoon Loosjes written for the three hundred citizen soldiers of the Haarlem Vrijkorps, which by order of Canter Camerling in 1787 advanced to Nieuwersluis and returned unharmed home after fourteen days... they had seen no Prussian
[] Democritische Feestgezangen ter eerste verjaardag van de Revolutie in het jaar 1795 under a pseudonym Adriaan Petruszoon Loosjes contributed poems in which he 'threw mudd' at King of the Netherlands Willem V
[] Lofzang op de beoefening van de wapenhandel (Ode to the practice of arms). Patriotic song words by Adriaan Petruszoon Loosjes performed at the stage society "Leerzaam Vermaak" at Klein Heiligland in Haarlem

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