Composer

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

Dutch composer, organist, and pedagogue in the Renaissance-Baroque eras

1562–1621

172 works and musical collections

Born: 1562
Died: 1621
Birthplace: Deventer
Place of death: Amsterdam
Citizenship / historical state: Dutch Republic
Period (estimated from birth year): Renaissance

Biography

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck ( YAHN PEE-tər-sohn SWAY-link; April or May 1562 – 16 October 1621) was a Dutch composer, organist, and pedagogue whose work straddled the end of the Renaissance and beginning of the Baroque eras. He was among the first major keyboard composers of Europe, and his work as a teacher helped establish the north German organ tradition.

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Life and musical career

Occupations: composer; organist; teacher; musicologist; music theorist; harpsichordist; music teacher; musician
Career institutions / employers: Oude Kerk; Amsterdam
Instruments played: organ
Genres: Renaissance music
Movements: Baroque music
Languages used: Dutch
VIAF ID: 89618631
ISNI: 0000000110759430
GND ID: 118799517
Library of Congress ID: n80005110
MusicBrainz ID: b6a6520c-31e3-43d0-bc68-d0c5016bf28f

Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.

In this catalogue

Common listed instruments: Organ, harpsichord, Piano, Choir, Guitar
Genres represented: Classical, Latin
Source entries with composition dates: 0

These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.

Catalogue

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Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.

Works and musical collections with sheet music details
Title	Work details	Listed instruments	Sheet music
Three Keyboard Pieces	See work details	Piano Organ Horn 2 more instruments Trombone Tuba	View sheet music Work & edition details
Mein junges Leben hat ein End	See work details	Saxophone	View sheet music Work & edition details
Onder een linde groen	See work details	Piano Organ harpsichord Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Toccata XIII (Ionian)	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Editorial Method and Performance Practice	See work details	Piano Organ harpsichord Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Commentary on the Works	See work details	Piano Organ harpsichord Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Faksimiles - Facsimiles	See work details	Piano Organ harpsichord Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Variationen gesicherter Authentizitat (Teil 1) / Variations of Certain Authenticity (Part 1):	See work details	harpsichord Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
V 2 Esce mars. in C	See work details	Piano Organ harpsichord Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
V 3 Ich fuhr mich vber Rheinne. in a	See work details	Piano Organ harpsichord Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
V 4 Mein Junges Leben hat ein Endt in d	See work details	Piano Organ harpsichord Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
V 5 Paduana Lachrimae collorirt in a	See work details	Piano Organ harpsichord Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
V 6a Paduana. Hispania. in g (J. P. Sweelinck & S. Scheidt)	See work details	harpsichord Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
V 7 Pavan Philippi in G	See work details	Piano Organ harpsichord Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Variationen ungesicherter Authentizitat / Variations of Uncertain Authencity:	See work details	Piano Organ harpsichord Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
V 11 Allemande de chapelle in C	See work details	Piano Organ harpsichord Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
V 13 Malle Sijmen in d	See work details	Piano Organ harpsichord Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
V 14 Passomeza. a 4 Voc[i] in G	See work details	Piano Organ harpsichord Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Kritischer Bericht - Critical Commentary	See work details	Piano Organ harpsichord Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Variationen gesicherter Authentizitat (Teil 2) / Variations of Certain Authenticity (Part 2):	See work details	harpsichord Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
V 9 Unter der Linden grune in G	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
V 15 Allemand. in F	See work details	Piano Organ harpsichord Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
V 16 Die flichtig Nimphae. in C	See work details	Piano Organ harpsichord Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Anhang - Appendix:	See work details	Piano Organ harpsichord Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Die flichtig Nimphae. Altr[amente]: in C (Anonymous)	See work details	harpsichord Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Niederlandisch liedgen in C (Anonymous)	See work details	harpsichord Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
7. Nu freut euch, lieben Christen'gmein (3 Variations)	See work details	Organ Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
10. Wo Gott der her nicht bey unss helt (2 Variations)	See work details	Organ Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
1. Ach Gott vom Himmel, sieh darein: Choral (Scheidt, Gorlitzer Tabulatur), Variatio I: Bicinium (manualiter), Variatio II a 3 (manualiter), Variatio III a 3 (manualiter)	See work details	Organ Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Ich schau nach jenen Bergen gern - D-Dur/D major	See work details	Choir Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Est-ce Mars	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Nun Komm Der Heiden Heiland	See work details	Organ Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
1. Ach Gott vom Himmel, sieh darein: Choral , Variatio I: Bicinium , Variatio II a 3 , Variatio III a 3	See work details	Organ Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Toccata	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Toccata in G	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Fantasia in A minor	Key in title A minor	Organ Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Toccata in A minor	Key in title A minor	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Paduana Hispania	See work details	Organ Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Chromatische Fantasia	See work details	Organ Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
8. Variationi sopra 'Ich f?hr mich uber Rhein'	See work details	Organ Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
"Variation 1, on Mein junges Leben hat ein End"	See work details	Oboe Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Echo Fantasia No. 1 - Organ	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Echo Fantasia No. 2 - Organ	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Echo Fantasia No. 3 - Organ	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Echo Fantasia No. 4 - Organ	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Echo Fantasia No. 5 - Organ	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Echo Fantasia No. 6 - Organ	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
' Da Pacem, Domine, In Diebus Nostris' – 4 Variations	See work details	Organ Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details

Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 89618631. Portrait: Gerrit Pietersz Sweelink, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.