Hermina Maria Amersfoordt-Dyk (Dijk) Born 26.6.1821 Amsterdam Died 16.7 1892 Amsterdam
Hermina was the third of ten children, her parents were Barent Dijk and Umca Cock. She married Jacob Amersfoordt in 1852.
She initially studied the piano at the Felix Meritis Society and some time later, composition with Georg Bertelman and J Barnardus van Bree.
Orchestral
Concert overture No.1 Op.19 1854
Concert overture No.2
Piano Concerto
Violin Concerto
Chamber
Duet for violin and piano Op.7 1850
Piano
Sonata 1854 lost ?
Andante grazioso 1882
Piano variations on 'Ma Normandie' 1838 lost ?
Song
Le Souvenir
Fischer madchen
Lieb Gruss
Choral
'Gottes Allgegenwart' oratorio Op.40
'God omnipresente' cantata for soloists, choir and orchestra pub. by Hofmeister
'Floris V' cantata for soloists, chorus and orchestra
'Anbetung' cantata for soloists, chorus and orchestra
Hymn celebrating the reclamation of the Haarlemmermeer polder
Psalm XXll for choir and piano
Theatre
Music for the play 'Willen Bardes'
The "Felix Meritis" you speak of wasn't a person, but the main learned society (defunct since the 1880s, although their former, impressive headquarters on the Keizersgracht still bears its name) of Amsterdam.
Interesting to see that she was taught by Johannes Bernardus van Bree, who is an interesting figure also and one of the few Dutch composers that gets performed with any degree of regularity - particularly his Allegro moderato for four string quartets is a favorite.
Do we know if any of her music is extant? I can't find anything on COPAC.
Dutch Royal Library (http://opc4.kb.nl) has 8 entries under Amersfoordt-Dijk, Hermina. Worldcat (http://www.worldcat.org) has 7 (including H M Amersfoordt-Dijk, too.)
COPAC is a good source for British composers- not a good first-and-only source for Dutch composers; be flexible :) (and use Google, Musicsack, Viaf.org, etc. to look up alternate spellings; Dyk didn't do anything, but Dijk apparently...)
In any case, don't give up after applying one resource to one spelling of one name :)
I admit I hadn't done a thorough search. (I am an experienced researcher and certainly wouldn't confine myself to COPAC for non-British composers. In fact, I was being lazy and hoping someone could save me that time!) But good tips for looking up alternative spellings - thanks, Eric.
Thank you Ilja, duly amended.