Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

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.

Birth and Death Data: Born May, 1562 (Deventer), Died October 16, 1621 (Amsterdam)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1929

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Columbia (U.K.) WL1527 10-in. 3/24/1929 Madrigaux Chorale Caecilia ; Lodewijk de Vocht Vocal chorus composer  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon," accessed December 24, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/360112.

Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 24, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/360112.

"Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 24 December 2025.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/360112

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LCNAR: Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon, 1562-1621 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80005110

Wikidata: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q110294

VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/89618631

MusicBrainz: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b6a6520c-31e3-43d0-bc68-d0c5016bf28f

Fast: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/48710 - http://id.worldcat.org/fast/48710

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