It remains the only testament to one of sweelinck s finest works. This boxset presents the complete sweelinck works for organ or harpsichord, including compositions that have been wrongly attributed to sweelinck, arrangements of sweelinck works by other composers, and compositions by pupils or anonymous composers from sweelinck s circle. Booklet is here for anyone like me who listens to a stream. Imagine an organ on which the only pedal register is an eightfoot trumpet i. For the rest of us that means that they make the music sound as sweelinck would have expected to hear it. Jan pieterszoon sweelinck the complete keyboard works. Jean pieterszoon sweelinck organ chorale variations performed by james m. Registration is the technique of choosing and combining the stops of a pipe organ in order to produce a particular sound. The organ of saintjacques in liege was built in 1600, probably either by nicolas niehoff or, even more likely, floris hocquet i.
This treasury includes nearly all of sweelinck s brilliant keyboard works, most of which have survived only in widely scattered 17thcentury manuscripts. Jun 20, 2014 jean pieterszoon sweelinck organ chorale variations performed by james m. Play piano or keyboard and want to learn to play the organ. Although the english influence is frequently neglected in any discussion of sweelinck as father of the north german organ school, for instance, this influence on his contrapuntal. Youll find your jan pieterszoon sweelinck organ solo music at sheet music plus. Basic organ registration american guild of organists. This remarkable treasury includes nearly all of sweelinck s. P organ works christie by jan pieterszoon sweelinck. Sweelinck, jan pieterszoon composers aeolus aeolus. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Volume 1 focuses on fingering and ornamentation, volume 2 on sweelinck s instruments, and volume 3 on registration practices. The booklet notes list the registration for each and every piece in detail. The choice between harpsichord and organ for sweelincks folksong variations.
Bridging both renaissance and baroque styles, the dutch composer is best remembered for the inventive, sparkling music he wrote for organ and other keyboard instruments. He was among the first major keyboard composers of europe, and his work as a teacher helped establish the. Demonstration of the organ registration stop the presses and press the stops. To get started, here are some basic hymn registrations. Organ, a mozart organ tour, bach at zwolle or bach organ favorites featuring the new idea of mechanicalaction and the flentrop at harvards buschreisinger museum, handel concertos played on an instrument handel designed, and most exotic of all, organ music of spain and portugal columbia masterworks kl 5167 and its later stereo. Works for organ and keyboard by jan pieterszoon sweelinck. Georg bohm complete organ works loft bw classical music. This edition is actually a transcription for organ with separate pedal part and registrations by j. The question of sweelinck s influence appendices 1. Organ registration and hymn playing, page 1 basic organ registration and hymn playing this is a complicated subject because of the organs long history that involves many countries all of which had their own nomenclature.
Works for organ and keyboard dover music for organ. For ash wednesday this year i played an organ piece by jan sweelinck. The keyboard music of jan pieterszoon sweelinck pieter dirksen. The registrations are contrasted enough to make the counterpoint very clear, but he never lapses into tawdry symphonic colours. The full color two languages booklet english and german has 52 pages. Shop and buy works for organ and keyboard sheet music.
Each volume contains excellent and comprehensive essays in addition to the shared information of sweelinck s life and the source evaluation and essays on the genre included in each volume. Scheidemanns music sounds well on this 2009 organ, and joseph rassams playing is perfectly tasteful. Digital booklet scheidemann keyboard music by klassiek. Sweelinck the complete keyboard works 2007, cd discogs. The keyboard music of jan pieterszoon sweelinck from. In 1580 he became the organist of the oude kerk old church succeeding his father, pieter. The organ music of jan pieterszoon sweelinck book, 1958. The presentation of such a potentially daunting mass of littleknown repertoire twothirds of it new to the catalogue is inspired, both visually and, most importantly, in the programming. Margot ann woolard introduces the basic sounds and combinations of organ registration. The organ repertoire is among the largest for any solo musical instrument. Because of the organ s or pipe organ s prominence in worship in western europe from the middle ages on, a significant portion of organ repertoire is sacred in nature.
Next to the important registration indication of jacob praetorius,8 who worked at. And they do dance along on the vibrant onemanual organ of the andreaskerk in hattem, the netherlands. Toccata in a minor, swwv 296 sweelinck, jan pieterszoon toccata in c major, ijs 27 sweelinck, jan pieterszoon toccata, swwv 284 sweelinck, jan pieterszoon toccata, swwv 298 sweelinck, jan pieterszoon u. There is an article on sweelinck s life and music as well as an introduction with some personal thoughts by the performer. Last month, robert woolley gave us a punctiliously prepared and wellbalanced programme of sweelinck recorded in the pieterskerk in leiden.
In sweelinck s day, the 73 classic compositions presented here were among europes most popular pieces for organ and keyboard. Intrinsic to this particular service each year is the reminder of our own mortality, so i chose a set of variations on my young life has an end as the prelude, which, if mr. Simone stella sounds markedly slower than flamme, taking 8. Echo fantasia, swwv 275 sweelinck, jan pieterszoon imslp. Jan pieterszoon sweelinck spent the greater part of his life and his entire. There is an article on sweelincks life and music as well as an introduction with some personal thoughts by the performer. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. The art of organ stop registration frog music press. Ae11021 sweelinck, jan pieterszoon complete keyboard works.
And you do not need to have a rodgers or roland organ to play from them and learn about playing the organ. Documentary evidence confirms sweelinck as organist at the oude kerk from 1581, but. Bach, or if you simply enjoy delightfully varied and inventive organ music, then add this set to your shopping list. One applies preconceived structures to works with the intent to discover form and. The booklet lists every registration with precision. Sweelinck organ chorale variations performed by james m. 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. The latter trips along under the hands of flamme and though his organ is a slightly less appropriate instrument the restored organ of st servatius duderstadt than davidssons, the registration is well chosen. Jun 24, 2015 complete organ works of sweelinck recorded on period instruments by aeolus. Works for organ and keyboard dover music for organ sweelinck, jan pieterszoon on. Chandos records is one of the worlds premier classical music record companies, best known for its ground breaking search for neglected musical gems.
Organ sheet music book by jan pieterszoon sweelinck 15621621. Although many of the church organs are allen brand, their models are very different. Some of sweelinck s innovations were of profound musical importance, including the fugue he was the first to write an organ fugue which began simply, with one subject, successively adding texture and complexity until a final climax and resolution, an idea which. The examples and information found on this page contains much of the material covered in the minicourse in basic organ registration which is an ago educational resource available in. Ricercar by jan pieterszoon sweelinck 15621621 played by nicolasalexandre marcotte. Sweelincks organ artistry migrated to central germany. In music, the organ is a keyboard instrument of one or more pipe divisions or other means for producing tones, each played with its own keyboard, played either with the hands on a keyboard or with the feet using pedals. Mar 21, 2010 mix sweelinck koopman compenius organ youtube programming in visual basic. Jan pieterszoon sweelinck 15621621 is a wellknown composer, and basically on the boundary between renaissance and baroque, as weve defined them for this list. Chandos records is one of the worlds premier classical music record companies, best known for. For most of his life sweelinck was the organist at the oude kerk in amsterdam. The glossa booklet contains photos of some of the instruments but not the specifications of the organs. Some are recorded twice, on both organ and harpsichord, a total of 109 pieces on nine discs truly sweelinck plus.
Each cd come in a full color cd sleeve with picture. Digital booklet pdf jan pieterszoon sweelinck 15621621. Sweelinck complete keyboard works glossa gcd922410 bw. Pieter dirksen the keyboard music of jan pieterszoon. You will need to spend a few hours and days practicing and experimenting with the various organ registrations on your meetinghouse organ to get quality registrations for hymn accompanying. Jan pieterszoon sweelinck 1562 1621 was among the most famous organists of his day and an influential. Toccatas, chorale and psalm variations, an echo fantasia, the capriccio, song variations, and the great bach fantasia the recording is a treasure trove of sweelincks compositions for keyboard instruments. Pieter dirksen the keyboard music of jan pieterszoon sweelinck.
The organ s suitability for improvisation by a single performer is well adapted to this liturgical role and has allowed many blind organists to achieve. Guthrie in 2007 american guild of organists ago concert sponsored by chowan university. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument, dating from the time of ctesibius of alexandria 285222 bc, who invented the water organ. Please enter your name, your email and your question regarding the product in the fields below, and well answer you in the next 2448 hours. Mdg recording of organ works by jan pieterszoon sweelinck performed by. Johannus church or home organ opus 220 bargain price for quick sale. One of the challenges in perform ing sweelinck is to make the fantasias, which tend to be longer andon the surface at leastmore homogenous than the variation sets, accessible to a modern audience. Jan sweelinck 15621621 was among the most famous organists of seventeenth century europe and an influential composer in the dutch and north german tradition. Jan pieterszoon sweelinck 15621621 was among the most famous organists of his day and an influential composer in the dutch and north german tradition. Organ specification and individual registration included in booklet.
View online or download johannus sweelinck 37 user manual. Jan pieterszoon sweelinck 15621621 was, without doubt, the greatest keyboard player of his day, the first known organ recitalist, the most famous and ingenious improviser of his lifetime, the greatest single influence on the succeeding generation of northern european composers and performers, and one of the earliest musical. Shop the worlds widest selection of jan pieterszoon sweelinck organ solo sheet music, music books, scores and more. Already play the organ but want to master playing a new rodgers or roland church organs. The fantasia was written in memoriam shortly after sweelinck s death and was based on a nowlost fugue by the netherlandish master. Full text of playing the keyboard works of jan pieterszoon. There are too few recordings of keyboard music by sweelinck for it to sound momentous in claiming that this is the finest of them, but if you have even the slightest interest in the history of the north european school that led straight to j. Basic hymn registrations music callings in the church of. This cd of works by janpieterszoon sweelinck 15621621 heralds a major and exciting series that, if it fulfills its initial high promise, will be both an exceptional treat and an indispensable acquisition for all lovers of organ music. Organ works james david christie organ the houghton chapel is nowhere near as resonantly spacious as the oude kerk in amsterdam, but its relative intimacy doesnt rob the organ of its natural resonance and tonal beauty. Jan pieterszoon sweelinck 15621621, dutch organist, harpsichordist, composer, and teacher, spent most of his life in amsterdam.
In the middle of the 18 th century the wind chest, bellows, keyboard and. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. International organ competition jan pieterszoon sweelinck. Aug 24, 2017 heinrich scheidemann in the history of the north german organ school, a line of descent links sweelinck to bach in the space of four generations, but it is only relatively recently that the key. This 1921 classic by the renowned author provides organists and all those interested in the instrument with a guide to the organ s numerous stops and gives their various names in different languages, traces their origins, describes their construction, tonal characteristics, and their value in artistic combination and registration. It covers seven centuries of music, including popular music for organ or keyboard, and is constantly being expanded with new practical and urtext editions. Sweelinck himself ever played the piece at his church, is probably when his congregants would have heard it too. Organ works of sweelinck on period instruments pipe organ.
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