Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

Jan Pieterszoon (also: Pieters, Pietersz ) Sweelinck (* in April 1562 in Deventer, † October 16, 1621 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch organist and composer.

Interaction and meaning

The son of a traditional organist family to have studied in 1557 with Joseph Zarlin ( Gioseffo Zarlino ) in Venice by Johann Mattheson. He practiced as an organist at the Oude Kerk in Amsterdam from large influence on the North German organ school of the 17th century. Student of the " German organist maker " were August bridges, Ulrich Cernitz, Andreas Duben, Matthias leather, Jacob Praetorius, the younger, John Praetorius, Heinrich Scheidemann, Gottfried Scheidt, Samuel Scheidt, Melchior Schildt, Paul Siefert and Jonas wrath view.

The last master of the Dutch vocal polyphony was a defining composer in the period of transition from Renaissance to Baroque. He was known for his improvisations on the organ and the harpsichord, and visitors came from far away to hear the Orpheus of Amsterdam. In his work we polyphonic compositional techniques of the through imitation connect with figurations that have emerged from the practice of improvisation. His longest trip was in 1604 to Antwerp, where he bought a harpsichord for the city of Amsterdam, the lid of which today is in the Rijksmuseum. He was buried in the Oude Kerk.

Work

Sweelinck composed more than 70 works for keyboard (including toccatas, fantasies and ricercare ) and over 250 vocal works such as chansons and madrigals and motets and psalms. He combined elements of English virginal music with the Italian organ style.

Appreciation

A predecessor of the Academy of Music Conservatorium van Amsterdam was named after him Sweelinck Conservatory.

On 16 October 1997 an asteroid discovered in 1960 of the outer main belt is named after Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck ( 7621 ) Sweelinck.