Rachel Hazes has sold the music rights of her late husband, the Dutch volkszanger André Hazes Sr., to Pythagoras Music, according to De Telegraaf. The sale comes roughly forty years after the singer's death and was reported on Monday. De Telegraaf describes it as a million-euro deal.
The transaction drew attention because Rachel Hazes had previously fought to keep control of those rights, reportedly even against her own children. Dutch outlets NU, AD.nl and NOS all covered the sale, with AD.nl noting that she had battled her children over the rights before agreeing to sell.
De Telegraaf has also raised the question of what the deal means for André Hazes Jr. and Roxeanne Hazes, the singer's children, though no details on that have been reported. The coverage does not specify the exact sum paid by Pythagoras Music or the terms of the agreement.
André Hazes Sr. was one of the best-known performers in Dutch popular music, and his catalogue has remained commercially significant long after his death. The transfer of the rights to a music company marks a change in who controls that catalogue.
What to watch next: whether Pythagoras Music or the Hazes family comment on the terms of the sale, and how the deal affects the interests of André Jr. and Roxeanne.
