Question: what type of music is popular in the netherlands

title: Music of the Netherlands
text: Willem Pijper ( 1894 -- 1947 ) is generally considered one of the most important figures in modern Dutch music . Between 1918 and 1922 he grew into one of the more advanced composers in Europe . In each successive work he went a step further and , from 1919 , Pijper 's music can be described as atonal . However , Pijper remained a composer of strong emotional character , to which his Third Symphony ( 1926 ) bears witness . In Pijper 's later works the harmonic expression seems at times to approach monotonality . As a teacher Pijper had a great influence on modern Dutch music , teaching many prominent Dutch composers of the 1950s , 60s , and 70s . He was senior master of instrumentation in the Amsterdam Conservatoire , and from 1930 until his death in 1947 he was Head of the Rotterdam Conservatoire .