Dutch Renaissance composer, organist, and teacher Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621) is sometimes better known for his students than for his own compositions and playing ability. While it appears that he never left the Netherlands, he is sometimes called "the Father of German organists" because of the influence he had on artists such as Praetorius and Hasse. His work helped to begin the Baroque period in music and he may have been creator of some of the earliest organ fugues.
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Biography, internal links to related people, partial discography, and period information from the Here Of A Sunday Morning radio program.
Find A Grave listing with birth and death dates, portrait, and burial plaque in the Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, Netherlands with interactive memorial.
Biography, portrait, and recommended keyboard recordings from the Classical Net Basic Repertoire List.
Entry at the Lied and Art Songs Text Page with lyrics.
Musicalics entry with comments on the popularity and availability of his keyboard and vocal compositions including work on the Geneva Psalter.
Wikipedia article showing him as a transitional figure between the Renaissance and Baroque periods and a powerful influence on organ composition with internal references and links.
Brief biography, discography, and chronology from Humanities Web.
Brief biography, discography, and chronology from Humanities Web.
Find A Grave listing with birth and death dates, portrait, and burial plaque in the Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, Netherlands with interactive memorial.
Biography, portrait, and recommended keyboard recordings from the Classical Net Basic Repertoire List.
Entry at the Lied and Art Songs Text Page with lyrics.
Musicalics entry with comments on the popularity and availability of his keyboard and vocal compositions including work on the Geneva Psalter.
Biography, internal links to related people, partial discography, and period information from the Here Of A Sunday Morning radio program.
Wikipedia article showing him as a transitional figure between the Renaissance and Baroque periods and a powerful influence on organ composition with internal references and links.
