Sim Gokkes
Sim Gokkes was born on March 21, 1897. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Sim Gokkes
Simon (Sim) Gokkes (21 March 1897 in Amsterdam – 5 February 1943 in Auschwitz) was a Dutch-Jewish composer. Gokkes was born in Amsterdam, the son of David Gokkes and Rachel Remini. As a child, he took his first singing lessons with Ben Geysel, an opera singer who ran the Rembrandt Theatre of Amsterdam. Gokkes was also a pupil of Victor Schlesinger, cantor of the Rapenburg Synagogue in Amsterdam. In 1912, Gokkes wrote his first compositions, "Ngolinu Leshabiag" and "Yigdal". He studied composition with Sem Dresden and also piano and flute at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, finishing in 1919.…