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
- 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
Sheet music catalogue page 4 of 4
Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.
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.