- Composer: Cornelis Leendert [Kees] van Baaren (22 Oktober 1906 -- 2 September 1970)
- Performer: Ronald Brautigam
- Year of recording: 1996

Sonatina for piano, written in 1948.

00:00 - I. Allegretto
01:09 - II. Lento non troppo
04:01 - III. Vivo e leggiero

Van Baaren was a renowned music teacher in The Netherlands, among his students were many names who would dominate the Dutch avant garde scene in the sixties and seventies, like Louis Andriessen, Reinbert de Leeuw, Misha Mengelberg, Peter Schat, and Jan van Vlijmen.

On the death of Willem Pijper (his teacher) in 1947, he wrote this Piano Sonatina in his memory. He used his motto, "I must not have a note too many" in this work. It is a fine, well-punctuated piece and the composer continued to compose in his dodecaphonic style, a style dismissed and, indeed, savaged by many at the time. This is however one of the best piano sonatinas that the Netherlands has brought forth (a style popular with Dutch composers at the time), and should really be played more often these days.

The Piano Sonatina is dedicated "In memoriam WILLEM PIJPER".

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