Frederik van pallandt biography
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Obituary: Frederik forerunner Pallandt
Frederik Jan Gustav Floris van Pallandt, singer, businessman: born Kobenhavn 14 May well 1934; united first Nina Moller (marriage dissolved 1976); died Puerto Talera, Country 15 Possibly will 1994.
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Nina & Frederik
Danish–Dutch popular singing duo
Nina & Frederik were a Danish–Dutch popular singing duo of the late 1950s and early 1960s.[1] Their repertoire consisted of a blend of folk music, calypsos and standards.[2] The duo consisted of Frederik van Pallandt and his then wife, Nina van Pallandt.[1]
History
[edit]Nina and Frederik began singing together at the age of four, but since Frederik's father was the Dutch ambassador to Denmark, his family soon moved to Trinidad and Frederik eventually began to study at the university, where he formed a calypso band. During this time he kept writing to Nina, and in 1957 they met again at her parents' home, where one evening he played his guitar for her. To his surprise Nina began singing to it, and it was at that moment that they decided to sing together. Originally they sang only for their friends, and occasionally at house parties. This led to them being asked to perform at charity shows, and soon they were in demand professionally. On 1 July 1957, the duo made their professional show business debut in Copenhagen's top night club, Mon Cœur. Within a matter of months they became favourites throughout Europe, and also starred in the 1958 Danish singing-themed comedy The Richest G
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Frederik van Pallandt
Dutch singer (1934 – 1994)
Frederik Jan Gustav Floris, Baron van Pallandt (4 May 1934 – 15 May 1994) was a Dutch singer best known as the male, guitar-playing half of the singing duo Nina & Frederik, which was together from the late 1950s to the late 1960s.
Van Pallandt was born in Copenhagen, the son of Floris Carsilius Anne, Baron van Pallandt,[1] a former Ambassador for the Netherlands to Denmark and South Africa, [2] and Dane Else Dagmar Hanina, Komtesse Blücher af Altona.[citation needed] His uncle, Egbert Carl Antony, Baron van Pallandt (changed to Palland for political reasons) emigrated to South Africa. He and his first wife, Nina van Pallandt, created a sensation first in Denmark and then elsewhere in Europe with music rooted in folk, ethnic, and calypso styles and, at first, their plain stage attire.
The couple had three children: Floris Nicolas Ali, Baron van Pallandt (10 June 1961 – 13 October 2006), Kirsa Eleonore Clara, Baroness van Pallandt (born 9 August 1963), and Ana Maria Else, Baroness van Pallandt (born 30 October 1965)[3] and continued their musical careers until they parted in 1969, with their marriage eventually dissolved in 1976.[4]
Van Pallandt had a daughter,