Dialect singer Lya de Haas handed away on Tuesday on the age of 65. Lya was severely unwell and selected euthanasia herself for the second she breathed her final.
Lya is greatest recognized for ‘Ons lieve vrouwke’, a tune that many individuals from Brabant carry of their hearts. The tune was all the time in our personal Prime 900 and Lya’s guitar sounds have been heard at numerous funerals in Brabant. She performed it herself 5 years in the past on the funeral of her nice love, Hennie Korsten. Now the time has come for Lya herself to ‘be secure for a second’.
“It is particular that it nonetheless resonates a lot. God and Mary are actually disappearing in Brabant,” our personal podcast maker Frank van Osch famous in a current episode of his podcast together with her. Based on Lya, the tune is especially about ‘in search of help’. “And all of us want that typically.”
‘n Lutske me’ Lya’s
Lya, born on November 6, 1958 in Vinkel, was the eldest in a Catholic household of 5 youngsters. As a toddler she was already busy singing and making music. In 1983 she met Cor Swanenberg, who wrote many songs for her. Later she wrote her personal songs and launched her first solo album in 1993 ‘n Lutske me’ Lya’s out.
The singer stood up for the Brabant dialect. Lya beforehand offered the dialect music program De Griebelgrauw on Sunday mornings for Radio Vladeracken, the native broadcaster of Nuland, Geffen and Vinkel. Since 1999 she introduced this system Op z’n Brabants for Omroep Brabant on Sunday afternoons for a few years. On October 13, 2001 she obtained the Advert de Laat Prize, now often called the Zachte G Prize, a prize awarded for particular achievements for the cultural heritage of our province.
Earlier this yr, Lya spoke with Frank van Osch in our personal podcast about dialect music, ‘Hee gaode mee’. You possibly can take heed to Lya’s total story right here:
