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Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
Person · male · Dutch Republic · Deventer · born 1562 · died 1621 · recording since 1963
Dutch composer, organist, and pedagogue in the Renaissance-Baroque eras
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Also known as Jan Pieterszoon Sweenlinck · Jan Pieterszoon Sweenlinck (1562-1621) · Jan Pieterzoon Sweelinck · Jan Sweelinck · 扬·皮泰尔索恩·斯韦林克
Timeline
41 events▣ Album 38◦ Birth 1† Death 1★ Debut release 1
1560s
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1960s
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Debut release: A Recital of Organ and Harpsichord Pieces
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Album: Robert Woolley at the Van Hagerbeer Organ of the Pieterskerk, Leiden
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Album: Het Sweelinck Monument, Deel IIA: Eerste Boek der Psalmen Davids
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Biography
English biography1,254 words · 5 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1372636921
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.
Life
Sweelinck was born in Deventer, Netherlands, in April or May 1562. He was the eldest son of organist Peter (or Pieter) Swybbertszoon and Elske Jansdochter Sweeling, daughter of a surgeon. Soon after Sweelinck's birth, the family moved to Amsterdam, where from about 1564, Pieter Swybbertszoon served as organist of the Oude Kerk (Sweelinck's paternal grandfather and uncle also were organists). Jan Pieterszoon must have received first lessons in music from his father. Unfortunately, his father died in 1573. He subsequently received general education under Jacob Buyck, Catholic pastor of the Oude Kerk (these lessons stopped in 1578 after the Reformation of Amsterdam and the subsequent conversion to Calvinism; Buyck chose to leave the city). Little is known about his music education after the death of his father; his music teachers may have included Jan Willemszoon Lossy, a little-known countertenor and shawm player at Haarlem, and/or Cornelis Boskoop, Sweelinck's father's successor at the Oude Kerk. If Sweelinck indeed studied in Haarlem, he was probably influenced to some degree by the organists of St.-Bavokerk, Claas Albrechtszoon van Wieringen and Floris van Adrichem, both of whom improvised daily in the Bavokerk.
According to Cornelis Plemp, a pupil and friend of Sweelinck's, he started his 44-year career as organist of the Oude Kerk in 1577, when he was 15. This date, however, is uncertain, because the church records from 1577 to 1580 are missing and Sweelinck can only be traced in Oude Kerk from 1580 onwards; he occupied the post for the rest of his life. Sweelinck's widowed mother died in 1585, and Jan Pieterszoon took responsibility for his younger brother and sister. His salary of 100 florins was doubled the next year, presumably to help matters. In addition, he was offered an additional 100 guilders in the event that he married, which happened in 1590 when he married Claesgen Dircxdochter Puyner from Medemblik. He was also offered the choice between a further 100 guilders and free accommodations in a house belonging to the town, the latter of which he chose. Sweelinck's first published works date from around 1592–94: three volumes of chansons, the last of which is the only remaining volume published in 1594 (for reasons that are not certain, the composer adopted his mother's last name; "Sweelinck" first appears on the title-page of the 1594 publication). Sweelinck then set to publishing psalm settings, aiming to set the entire Psalter. These works appeared in four large volumes published in 1604, 1613, 1614 and 1621. The last volume was published posthumously and, presumably, in unfinished form. Sweelinck died of unknown causes on 16 October 1621 and was buried in the Oude Kerk. He was survived by his wife and five of their six children; the eldest of them, Dirck Janszoon, succeeded his father as organist of the Oude Kerk.
The composer most probably spent his entire life in Amsterdam, only occasionally visiting other cities in connection with his professional activities: he was asked to inspect organs, give opinions and advice on organ building and restoration, etc. These duties resulted in short visits to Delft, Dordrecht (1614), Enkhuizen, Haarlem (1594), Harderwijk (1608), Middelburg (1603), Nijmegen (1605), Rotterdam (1610), Rhenen (1616), as well as Deventer, his birthplace (1595, 1616). Sweelinck's longest voyage was to Antwerp in 1604, when he was commissioned by the Amsterdam authorities to buy a harpsichord for the city. No documentary evidence has turned up to support the tradition, going back to Mattheson, that Sweelinck visited Venice – perhaps a confusion with his brother, the painter Gerrit Pietersz Sweelink, who did – and similarly there is no evidence that he ever crossed the English Channel, although copies of his music did such as the pieces included in the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book. His popularity as a composer, performer and teacher increased steadily during his lifetime. Contemporaries nicknamed him Orpheus of Amsterdam and even the city authorities frequently brought important visitors to hear Sweelinck's improvisations.
Influence
Sweelinck's only duties in Amsterdam were those of an organist. Contrary to custom, he did not play the carillon or the harpsichord on formal occasions, nor was he regularly required to produce compositions. Calvinist services did not typically include organ playing due to the belief in what is now called the Regulative Principle. The Regulative Principle restricted the elements of worship to only that which was commanded in the New Testament. However, the Consistory of Dordrecht of 1598 instructed organists to play variations on the new Genevan psalm tunes before and after the service so that the people would become familiar with them. Sweelinck was employed instead by the city itself. As he worked for Protestant magistrates the remainder of his life, it is likely that he was an adherent of Calvinism. In the 1590s three of his children were baptized in the Oude Kerk. His employment allowed him time for teaching, for which he was to become as famous as for his compositions. Sweelinck's pupils included the core of what was to become the north German organ school: Jacob Praetorius II, Heinrich Scheidemann, Paul Siefert, Melchior Schildt and Samuel and Gottfried Scheidt. Students of Sweelinck were seen as musicians against whom other organists were measured. Sweelinck was known in Germany as the "maker of organists". Sociable and respected, he was in great demand as a teacher. His Dutch pupils were undoubtedly many, but none of them became composers of note. Sweelinck, however, influenced the development of the Dutch organ school, as is shown in the work of later composers such as Anthoni van Noordt. Sweelinck, in the course of his career, had set music to Catholic, Calvinist and Lutheran liturgies. He was the most important composer of the musically rich "golden era" of the Netherlands.
Sweelinck's influence spread as far as Sweden and England, carried to the former by Andreas Düben and to the latter by English composers such as Peter Philips, who probably met Sweelinck in 1593. Sweelinck, and Dutch composers in general, had evident links to the English school of composition. Sweelinck's music appears in the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, which otherwise only contains the work of English composers. He wrote variations on John Dowland's famous Lachrimae Pavane. John Bull, who was probably a personal friend, wrote a set of variations on a theme by Sweelinck after the death of the Dutch composer.
Scores
A scholarly edition of Sweelinck's works has been published in the Netherlands in the years from 1974 to 1990, in 7 volumes (some of them divided in fascicles) with editors' notes in English: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Opera Omnia / Editio altera quam edendam curavit Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis (2nd revised edition edited by Gustav Leonhardt, Alfons Annegarn, Frits Noske & al.), Amsterdam, VNM [Royal Dutch Society for Musicology], 1974–1990
A new scholarly edition of Sweelinck's complete keyboard works (Breitkopf & Härtel, 2004) is edited in 4 volumes by Harald Vogel and Pieter Dirksen.
Recordings
Complete Keyboard Works. Various organists and harpsichordists. NM Classics 92119 (9 CDs)
Het Sweelinck Monument, a complete recording of the vocal works of Sweelinck; The Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam conducted by Harry van der Kamp, Glossa, (17 CDs), 2009–2010. The recordings were simultaneously issued on CD and also available in Dutch language book-CD presentation sets in the Netherlands.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
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| Metric | Value | Percentile |
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| Wikipedia language versions | 39 | 94.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 40 | 92.7th |
| Studio albums | 38 | 98.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 41 | 98.2th |
| Recording span (years) | -342 | 1.2th |
| Genres | 6 | 91th |
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Discography (40 release groups · 38 studio albums)
Albums · 38
A Recital of Organ and Harpsichord Pieces
1963 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks
A1Fantasia 8A2Chorale Variation “Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ”A3Echo Fantasia 15B1Variations “Est-ce Mars”B2Toccatas 20 and 23B3Variations “More Palatino”B4Variations “Von der Fortuna werd’ ich getrieben”B5Paduana lacrimae1971 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 45:20
A1Echo-Fantasie/Echo Fantasy In A Nr. 124:20A2Da Pacem, Domine, In Diebus Nostris8:45A3Hexachord-Fantasie/Hexachord Fantasy9:50B1Fantasie/Fantasy 4 In D13:35B2Puer Noois Nascitur - Ons Is Gheboren3:30B3Toccata 17 In A5:201977 · studio album
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Tracklist · 28 tracks · 3:11:48
Disc 1A1Fantasia Nr. 39:49A2Toccata Nr. 175:20A3Nun Freut Euch4:33B1Fantasia Nr. 85:00B2Psalm Nr. 368:48B3Christe qui est lux5:00Disc 2C1Fantasia Nr. 411:27C2Allein zu dir13:10D1Echofantasia Nr. 138:38D2Vater unser3:42D3Toccata Nr. 203:52Disc 3E1Fantasia Nr. 98:05E2Allein Got in der Höh’ sei Ehr4:51E3Präludium3:44E4Puer nobis nascitur3:39F1Echofantasia Nr. 124:46F2Wir glauben all9:20Disc 4G1Baletto del granduca4:56G2Psalm Nr. 1166:38G3Toccata Nr. 232:53G4Da pacem Domine7:10H1Echofantasia Nr. 118:43H2Ich ruf zu Dir9:02H3Toccata Nr. 222:33Disc 5I1Echofantasia Nr. 145:10I2Erbarm dich12:51J1Psalm Nr. 1406:34J2Ricercar11:34Bach: Goldberg Variationen / Sweelinck: Fantasia »bach«
1988 · studio album
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Tracklist · 20 tracks · 1:07:28
1Fantasia b-a-c-h in d (aeolisch)12:042Goldberg-Variationen: Aria2:543Goldberg-Variationen: Variation 1+22:534Goldberg-Variationen: Variation 31:285Goldberg-Variationen: Variation 4+52:226Goldberg-Variationen: Variation 60:527Goldberg-Variationen: Variation 72:028Goldberg-Variationen: Variation 81:209Goldberg-Variationen: Variation 9+102:3410Goldberg-Variationen: Variation 11+122:4511Goldberg-Variationen: Variation 13+144:2712Goldberg-Variationen: Variation 154:0613Goldberg-Variationen: Variation 16+172:4014Goldberg-Variationen: Variation 181:1115Goldberg-Variationen: Variation 19+20+21+225:4916Goldberg-Variationen: Variation 231:1117Goldberg-Variationen: Variation 241:5318Goldberg-Variationen: Variation 255:4819Goldberg-Variationen: Variation 26+27+28+29+306:1020Goldberg-Variationen: Aria2:591989 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:07:14
1Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr'4:532Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g'mein4:443Psalm 2: Vers 1. à 33:154Psalm 2: Vers 2. à 3 In de Bas.3:215Psalm 2: Vers 3. à 4 Pedaliter.3:456Echo Toccata In G.7:587Christe, der du bist Tag und Licht: Versus 1 à 2 Clav.1:388Christe, der du bist Tag und Licht: Versus 2 à 1 Clav.5:279Christe, der du bist Tag und Licht: Versus 3 à 2 Clav. Con Pedale1:3010Sonata V BWV 529: Allegro6:1011Sonata V BWV 529: Largo5:5312Sonata V BWV 529: Allegro4:3213Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend BWV 5434:0114Praeludium und Fuge a-moll BVW 54310:071990 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:12:42
1More palatino3:562Ick voer al over Rhijn6:383Fantasia Chromatica in d minor8:294Est-ce Mars4:505Onder een linde groen5:236Toccata in a minor5:397Poolse Dans7:478Malle Sijmen1:229Pavana Lachrimæ10:0810Pavana hispanica2:5011Toccata in a minor2:4112Echo Fantasia4:5713Mein junges Leben hat ein End8:021992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 1:16:51
1Psalm 150 "Or soit loué l'Eternel"7:152Psalm 7 "Mon Dieu, j'ay en toy esperance"5:023Psalm 1 "Qui au conseil des malins"7:264Psalm 100 "Vous tous qui la terr' habitez"4:055Psalm 43 "Revenge moy, pren la querelle"2:586Psalm 62 "Mon am' en Dieu tant seulement"3:027Psalm 19 "Les cieux en chacun lieu"7:428Psalm 89 "Du Seigneur les bontez"4:009Psalm 37 "Ne sois fasché"2:0310Psalm 134 "Or sus, serviteurs du Seigneur"3:0011Psalm 34 "Jamais ne cesseray"2:2912Psalm 101 "Vouloir m'est pris"3:1913Psalm 110 "Le Toutpuissant à mon Seigneur"7:4414Psalm 74 "D'où vient, Seigneur"5:0515Psalm 148 "Vous tous les habitans"11:411993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:09:33
1Est-ce Mars4:402Toccata XV in D minor4:043Ick voer al over Rhijn5:424Hexachord Fantasia8:355More Palatino3:376Pavana Philippi8:187Malle Symen1:288Engelse Fortuyn2:599Pavana Lachrimae5:4410Ballo del Granduca4:3411Fantasia Chromatica8:4112Onder de linde groen5:1513Mein junges Leben hat ein End5:561995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 1:04:17
1Toccata in C4:382Ballo del granduca5:043Ricercar11:264Malle Sijmen1:405Mein junges Leben hat ein End'6:256Echo Fantasia in A minor4:157Onder een linde groen5:358Toccata in A minor6:009Erbarm dich mein, O Herre Gott11:2710Poolsche Dans7:471998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 37 tracks · 2:17:00
Disc 11Gaudete Omnes2:522Ecce Virgo Concipiet2:473Magnificat4:474Hodie Christus Natus Est2:465Angelus Ad Pastores Ait2:226Ab Oriente4:507In Illo Tempore2:578Hodie Beata Virgo Mariae3:279Regina Coeli5:4910Beati Omnes5:2911Timor Domini3:5212Non Omnis2:3913Lusti Autem2:4614Beati Pauperes4:4915Ecce Nunc Benedicite2:4716Euge Serve Bone2:2517Petite Et Accipietis2:0718Vide Homo4:5019Videte Manus Meas2:4420O Quam Beata Lancea4:55Disc 21Venite Exsultemus Domino2:112Ubi Duo Vel Tres2:273O Sacrum Convivium3:174Ecce Prandium4:495In Te Domine Speravi4:456Tanto Tempore3:257Viri Galilaei2:138Cantate Domino3:299Qui Vult Venire Post Me2:2910Diligam Te Domine3:4111Paracletus Autem3:0512Laudate Dominum2:3013Domine Deus Meus3:5914O Domine Jesu Christe3:2715de Produndis5:1616Te Deum11:3017Gaude Et Laetare2:271999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 21 tracks · 1:14:14
1Cantiones Sacrae: I. Non omnis qui dicit mihi, Domine2:542Cantiones Sacrae: II. Ecce prandium meum paravi5:173Cantiones Sacrae: III. Ab Oriente venerunt Magi4:174Cantiones Sacrae: IV. In te Domine speravi5:515Cantiones Sacrae: V. Diligam te Domine, fortitudo mea2:546Cantiones Sacrae: VI. Beati pauperes spiritu4:317Cantiones Sacrae: VII. Ecce nunc benedicite Dominum2:488Cantiones Sacrae: VIII. Cantate Domino canticum novum3:069Cantiones Sacrae: IX. Venite exultemus Domino2:1310Cantiones Sacrae: X. O Domine Jesu Christe, pastor bone2:5011Cantiones Sacrae: XI. Laudate Dominum omnes gentes2:3012Cantiones Sacrae: XII. Iusti autem in perpetuum vivent2:3813Cantiones Sacrae: XIII. Hodie Christus natus est3:1214Cantiones Sacrae: XIV. O sacrum convivium3:2715Cantiones Sacrae: XV. Petite et accipietis2:2716Cantiones Sacrae: XVI. Euge serve bone et fidelis2:4117Cantiones Sacrae: XVII. Vide homo, quae pro te patior5:0118Cantiones Sacrae: XVIII. Gaude et laetare, Jerusalem2:3719Cantiones Sacrae: XIX. Qui vult venire post me3:2020Cantiones Sacrae: XX. De profundis clamavi ad te Domine5:1721Cantiones Sacrae: XXI. O quam beata lancea4:231999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 1:03:41
1Cantiones Sacrae: XXII. In illo tempore postquam consummati sunt3:062Cantiones Sacrae: XXIII. Paracletus autem Spitritus sanctus3:063Cantiones Sacrae: XXIV. Videte manus meas et pedes meos2:394Cantiones Sacrae: XXV. Domine Deus meus in te sperabo3:065Cantiones Sacrae: XXVI. Viri Galilei, quid statis aspicientes in coelum2:156Cantiones Sacrae: XXVII. Ubi duo vel tres congregati fuerint2:477Cantiones Sacrae: XXVIII. Beati omnes qui timent Dominum5:438Cantiones Sacrae: XXIX. Timor Domini principium sapientiae3:219Cantiones Sacrae: XXX. Hodie beata virgo Maria puerum Jesum3:1810Cantiones Sacrae: XXXI. Ecce virgo concipiet et pariet filium2:4811Cantiones Sacrae: XXXII. Gaudete omnes et laetamini2:5512Cantiones Sacrae: XXXIII. Regina coeli laetare5:2113Cantiones Sacrae: XXXIV. Magnificat anima mea Dominum5:0014Cantiones Sacrae: XXXV. Angelus ad pastores ait2:3015Cantiones Sacrae: XXXVI. Tanto tempore vobiscum3:4216Cantiones Sacrae: XXXVII. Te Deum laudamus12:042000 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 45:02
A1Fantasia in eco n. 146:12A2Corale: Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verdebt3:55A3Fantasia n. 37:45A4Salmo 116: Alleluia - Amo il Signiore poiché chiede ascolto alla supplice mia invocazione4:25B1Fantasia in eco n. 153:25B2Chorale: Erbarm Dich mein, o Herre Gott9:40B3Fantasia n. 43:50B4Fantasia n. 95:502001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 58:17
1Fantasia chromatica8:052«Onder een Linde groen» (4 variations)5:283Toccata (dans le mode eolien)4:594«Paduana Lachrimae»4:055Ricercar11:216«Mein junges Leben haf ein End» (6 variations)6:387Echofantasie7:468Toccata (dans le mode eolien)1:319«O lux beata trinitas» (2 variations)3:4410«Ballo del Granduca»4:402001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 48 tracks · 5:13:02
Disc 11More Palatino3:342Fantasia II12:423Engelsche fortuyn3:254Toccata XXI3:255Mein junges Leben hat ein End’7:336Ick voer al over Rhijn5:377Toccata XXV1:358Fantasia chromatica I9:429Toccata XXIV2:2510Toccata XV4:3611Onder een linde groen4:5512Est-ce Mars4:4313Hexachord Fantasia V9:4014Toccata XVI5:50Disc 21Pavana Philippi8:422Pavana hispanica2:583Fantasia VI11:094Toccata XIX4:175Toccata XVIII4:146Pavana lachrimae6:477Ballo del granduca5:048Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ9:139Echo Fantasia XIV5:1810Da pacem Domine in diebus nostris7:1811Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott12:57Disc 31Psalm 1166:472Psalm 1406:413Echo fantasia XI8:524Toccata XXIII3:015Ricercar VII11:366Toccata XXII2:407Fantasia IV11:358Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ13:189Echo Fantasia XII4:5410Allein Gott in der Höh’ sei Ehr5:0011Praeludium XXVII3:50Disc 41Nun freut euch, liebe Christen gemein4:422Toccata XVII5:273Fantasia III9:564Ons ist gheboren een kindekijn3:465Psalm 368:566Fantasia IX8:137Christe qui lux est et dies5:048Fantasia VIII5:069Onse Vader in Hemelrijck3:4910Echo fantasia XIII8:4611Toccata XX3:5812Wir glauben all an einer Gott9:26Robert Woolley at the Van Hagerbeer Organ of the Pieterskerk, Leiden
2003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:12:22
1Toccata, a3, D 31/L 241:532Psalm 140, D 41/A 125:313‘Hexachord’ Fantasia, F1, D 7/L 58:294Nun freut euch, lieben Christen gmein, D 38/A 74:005Echo Fantasia, d3, D 5/L 118:516Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr, D 32/A 13:237Fantasia ‘met bindingen’, F3, D 8/L 274:218Mein junges Leben hat ein End, D 48/N 66:419Toccata, a1, D 29/L 174:4910Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott, D 36/A 510:0911Toccata, G1, D 23/L 183:5312Psalm 116, D 40/A 115:1613Fantasia, g2, D 12/L 85:062003 · studio album
2003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 25 tracks · 2:31:44
Disc 11Fantasia Chromatica "Dorian"8:072Onder een linde groen "Unter der Linden grüne"5:073Puer nobis nascitur "Ons is geboren een kindekijn"3:084More palatino "Almand Gratie"3:555Onse Vader in hemelrijck "Vater unser im Himmelreich"3:526Ballo del granduca5:057Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott12:488Est-ce Mars?4:589Christe qui lux est et dies4:2210Ich fuhr mich über Rhein "Ik voer al over Rijn"6:5111Malle Sijmen1:3012Psalm 116 "Ik heb den Heer lief"7:0113Poolse almande "Soll es sein"8:07Disc 21Fantasia (a-Phrygian)11:592Engelse fortuin "Von der Fortuna werd ich getrieben"3:143Mein junges Leben hat ein End6:454Pavana Philippi6:525Toccata (Ionian)4:226Pavana Lachrymae4:547Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr3:408Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ9:149Pavana hispanica2:3210Nun freut euch, lieben Christen gemein5:0111Echo Fantasia in C major No. 1, D. 17:1812Ricerar (Aeolian)11:02Toccatas / Fantasias / Variations
2005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:14:48
1Praeludium5:412Fantasia chromatica (Dorian)8:183Mein junges Leben hat ein End'7:054Toccata (Aeolian)1:405Pavana Lachrimae5:476Psalm No. 1405:527Fantasia (Aeolian, "B-A-C-H")12:108Echo Fantasia (Aeolian)4:409Echo Fantasia (Dorian)4:1510Unter der Linden Grüne5:2411Toccata in C (Ionian)1:3812Est-ce Mars5:0013Vater unser im Himmelreich7:182006 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 1:09:28
1Toccata in A5:082Psalm 1401:083Psalm 1406:084Toccata in G2:525Psalm 231:116Psalm 236:467Toccata in C4:058Psalm 1161:029Psalm 1165:3910Fantasia Chromatica in D7:4011Psalm 361:3612Psalm 369:1513Echo Fantasia in C8:4414Chorale "Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr"4:2115Chorale "Puer nobis nascitur"3:532007 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 1:07:39
1Psalm 150 : Or soit loué6:182Psalm 33 : Resveillez-vous3:503Psalm 53 : Le fol malin7:504Hodie Christus natus est2:595Te Deum laudamus11:336Psalm 148 : Vous tous les habitans de cieux11:287Ab Oriente venerunt Magi3:488Oraison dominicale3:399De Profundis (Psalm 130)4:0610Psaume 98 : Chantez à dieu5:5711Gaude et laetere2:1012Ecce prandium4:012007 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 1:02:51
1Psalm 122: Gefreut hat sich mein Herz und Muth2:572Psalm 42 : Ainsi qu’on oit le cerf bruire6:013Vide, homo, quae pro te patior4:104Psalm 43 : Revenge moy, pren la querelle3:215Non omnis qui dicit mihi2:396In te Domine speravi4:417Qui vult venire post me2:308Beati pauperes4:349Psalm 108 : Mon Coeur est dispos, Ô mon Dieu2:0510Psalm 23 : Mon Dieu me paist7:5111Psalm 137 : Estans assis aux rives aquatiques2:1812Cantate Domino3:2713Psalm 110 : Le Toutpuissant à mon Seigneur7:3414Regina coeli laetare5:0515Psalm 99 : Or est maintenant l’Eternel regnant3:382008 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 53:35
1Diligam te Domine (à 5)4:102Psalm 109: O Dieu, mon honneur et ma gloire (à 6)3:253Tanto tempore vobiscum sum (à 5)5:054Psalm 77: A Dieux ma voix j’ai haussée (à 5)4:405Che giova posseder cittadi e regni (à 2)3:456Yeux qui guidez mon âme (à 3)6:157Dolcissimo ben mio (à 3)3:208O Domine Jesu Christe (à 5)6:409Psalm 114: Quand Israel hors d’Egypte sortit (à 4)2:4010Timor Domini (à 5)3:0511Mein junges Leben hat ein End’ (à 4)7:0512Qual vive Salamandra3:25Het Sweelinck Monument, Deel I: De Wereldlijke Werken
2008 · studio album
Psaumes français & Canciones Sacrae
2009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 1:01:37
1Resveillez vous chacun fidele5:262Qui en la garde du haut Dieu pour jamais se retire3:253Du fond de ma pensée4:334De profundis5:305Magnificat5:536Beati pauperes5:527A dieu ma voix j'ai haussee3:558Ainsi qu'on oit le cerf bruire6:479Sus mon ame qu'on benie le souverain4:4910Te Deum laudamus15:272009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:17:25
1Fantasia (Praeludium) in F Ionian mode, SwWV 2653:472Est - ce Mars, SwWV 3215:063Fantasia chromatica in Dorian mode, SwWV 2588:074Pavana Philippi, SwWV 3299:105Mein junges Leben hat ein End, SwWV 3246:376Toccata in Dorian mode, SwWV 2864:107Allein Gott in der Hoh sei Ehr, SwWV 2994:318Echo fantasia in Ionian mode, SwWV 2538:069Engelse fortuin, SwWV 320, "Von der Fortuna werd ich getrieben" (Fortune My Foe)3:0210Passamezzo moderno, SwWV 3266:3211Pavana Lachrymae, SwWV 3286:0312Nun komm der Heiden Heiland0:3613Fantasia primi toni a 411:38Paduana Lachrymae: Works for Keyboard, Volume 2
2009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:03:31
1Toccata Noni Toni, SwWV 297 / L 165:212Esce mars, SwWV 321 / N 34:333Paduana Lachrymae, SwWV 328 / N 105:194Allemand (Gratie), SwWV 318 / N 73:525Toccata C2, SwWV 283 / L 203:286Die flichtig Nimphae (Vluchtige nymph), SwWV 3312:087Toccata Primi Toni d2, SwWV 286 / L 153:558Mein junges Leben hat ein Endt, SwWV 324 / N 66:249Toccata à 3 G2, SwWV 289 / L 232:1710Pavan Philippi, SwWV 329 / N 117:0211Toccata Secundi Toni g1, SwWV 292 / L 212:3812Von der Fortuna werd ich getrieben (Engelse Fortuijn), SwWV 320 / N 23:1213Unter der Linden grune (Onder een linde groen), SwWV 325 / N 85:2114Fantasia Crommatica à 4 d1, SwWV 258 / L 18:01Het Sweelinck Monument, Deel IIA: Eerste Boek der Psalmen Davids
2009 · studio album
2010 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 49:56
1Fantasia Chromatica à 4, SwWV 2588:212Puer nobis nascitur, SwWV 3152:383Pavana Hispanica, SwWV 3272:184Balleth del granduca, SwWV 3194:315Onder een linde groen, SwWV 3254:566Fortune My Foe, SwWV 3202:547Paduana Lachrymae, SwWV 3284:498Ach Gott vom Himmel sieh darein5:039Mein junges Leben hat ein End’, SwWV 3245:5510Toccata in d3:0111Malle Sijmen, SwWV 3231:1812Fantazia op de Fuga van M: Jan Pieters. Fecit Dr. Bull 16214:122012 · studio album
Sweelinck: Complete Harpsichord and Organ Music
2014 · studio album
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, Vol. 3
2014 · studio album
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Tracklist · 23 tracks · 1:47:37
1Pavana Pagget, LXXIV “The First One Philips Made”3:582Galliardo, LXXXVII0:333Margott laborez, LXXXIII (Arr. Peter Philips)2:114Amarilli, mia bella, LXXXII (Arr. Peter Philips)3:185Fantasia in F Major, LXXXIV5:406Tirsi, di Luca Marenzio, LXX2:517Freno, LXXI2:568Così morirò, LXXII1:429Pavana dolorosa, LXXX (Arr. Peter Philips)7:1610Galliarda dolorosa, LXXXI2:0711Bon jour mon coer, LXXIX (Arr. Peter Philips)3:1812Fece da voi a 6, LXXIII (Partita)3:3613Le Rossignuol, LXXXVI (Arr. Peter Philips)3:4014Chi farà fede al cielo, LXXVIII (Arr. Peter Philips)4:4715Fantasia in G Major, LXXXIV9:2516Passamezzo pavana, LXXVI8:0817Galiarda passamezzo, LXXVII4:4218Pavana pagget, LXXIV7:0019Galliard pagget LXXV2:2120Fantasia fantasia, CCXVII9:1221Psalme 140, CXLIV5:1922Praeludium toccata, XCVI5:1323Ut re Mi fa so la a 4, CXVIII8:242015 · studio album
2015 · studio album
The Orpheus of Amsterdam: Works for Keyboard, Volume 3
2016 · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 1:17:59
1Toccata C1, SwWV 282 / L 193:372Soll es sein (Poolse almande), SwWV 330 / N 127:373Fantasia ‘Auf die Manier eines Echo’ C1, SwWV 253 / L137:454Toccata 2di Toni g2, SwWV 293 / L 222:265Pavana Hispanica, SwWV 327 / N 92:476Fantasia [à 2] g3, SwWV 272 / L 101:107Toccata d1, SwWV 285 / L 313:268Ich fuhr mich über Rheine (Ick voer al over Rhijn), SwWV 322 / N46:319Fantasia à 4 d2, SwWV 259 / L 211:1310Toccata g4, SwWV 295 / L 302:0811Malle Sijmen, SwWV 323 / N 51:3512Fantasia d5, SwWV 262 / L 373:5313Puer nobis nascitur, SwWV 315 / A 83:1914Fantasia à 4 C2, SwWV 254 / L 145:2115Allemande de chapelle, SwWV 3173:0616Fantasia re re re sol ut mi fa sol [à 2, 3 et 4 vocem] G4, SwWV 2697:3617Balleth del granduca, SwWV 319 / N 14:29Sweelinck, Couperin & Bach: Works for Harpsichord
2020 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 1:03:16
1Pavana Lachrymae, SwWV 3285:242Fantasia chromatica8:403Tombeau de M. de Blancrocher5:584Prelude & Fugue No. 8 in E-Flat Minor, BWV 8537:275Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830: I. Toccata7:146Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830: II. Allemande4:207Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830: III. Corrente5:498Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830: IV. Air1:479Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830: V. Sarabande6:2510Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830: VI. Tempo di gavotta2:3511Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830: VII. Gigue7:372024 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 59:25
1Toccata noni toni, SwWV 2974:502Echo fantasia (à 4: Écho), SwWV 2613:033Toccata, SwWV 2833:294Variations on “More Palatino”, SwWV 3183:345Toccata secondi toni, SwWV 2922:346Variations on “Mein junges Leben hat ein End”, SwWV 3245:257Toccata à 4, SwWV 2981:448Variations on “Onder een linde groen”, SwWV 3254:549Toccata 9 toni, SwWV 2964:0510Variations on “Soll es sein”, SwWV 3307:2611Toccata primi toni, SwWV 2863:2212Variations on “Ballo del granduca”, SwWV 3194:2713Toccata, SwWV 2852:5814Echo fantasia, SwWV 2537:342025 · studio album
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Tracklist · 18 tracks · 1:18:02
1Pseaumes de David, Book II: No. 30, Resveillez vous chacun Fidele, SwWV 334:322Cantiones sacrae: No. 8, Cantate Domino, SwWV 1583:313Cantiones sacrae: No. 25, Domine Deus meus, SwWV 1753:064Toccata in D minor, SwWV 2853:315Pseaumes de David, Book III: No. 29, O bienheureux, qui juge sagement, SwWV 414:176Cantiones sacrae: No. 20, De profundis, SwWV 1704:347Cantiones sacrae: No. 11, Laudate Dominum, SwWV 1612:538Echo fantasia, SwWV 2754:279Pseaumes de David, Book I: No. 39, Misericorde au povre vicieux, SwWV 514:0710Pseaumes de David, Book I: No. 1, Le Seigneur ta Priere entende, SwWV 202:3211Pseaumes de David, Book I: No. 23, O bienheureux celuy dont les commises, SwWV 322:4312Fantasia met bindingen, SwWV 2654:2513Cantiones sacrae: No. 4, In te, Domine, speravi, SwWV 1545:1714Cantiones sacrae: No. 7, Ecce nunc benedicite, SwWV 1573:1515Cantiones sacrae: No. 9, Venite exultemus Domino, SwWV 1592:3116Cantiones sacrae: No. 28, Beati omnes, SwWV 1786:48176 Variations on "Mein junges Leben hat ein End", SwWV 3248:3018Pseaumes de David, Book III: No. 30, Or soit loué l'Eternel, SwWV 1507:03
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| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | The Great Organ WorksSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 8 tracks · 50:15A1Mein Junges Leben Hat Ein End' (Vol. III, Bk 23)6:34 A2Toccata Ex C (Vol. I, Bk 118)4:20 A3Echo Fantasia Ex C (Vol. I, Bk 79)9:32 A4Praeludium In F (Vol. I, Bk 137)4:38 B1Allein Gott In Der Höh Sei Ehr (Vol. II, Bk 1)4:42 B2Echo Fantasia Ex A (Vol. I, Bk 76)4:40 B3Hexachord Fantasia (Vol. I, Bk 35)10:18 B4Ballo Del Granduca (Vol. III, Bk 3)5:31 | December 1979 | ||
| 2021 | The Complete Vocal WorksSearch SpotifySearch YouTube Music | 1 October 2021 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 39 | 94.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 40 | 92.7th |
| Studio albums | 38 | 98.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 41 | 98.2th |
| Recording span (years) | -342 | 1.2th |
| Genres | 6 | 91th |
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Tier rule: historic figure (39 language versions, career ended)
Image: Gerrit Pietersz Sweelink · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q110294 · MusicBrainz: b6a6520c-31e3-43d0-bc68-d0c5016bf28f
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