Biography
The most important Dutch composer of the late Renaissance, Sweelinck served as organist of the Oude Kerk in Amsterdam for over 40 years. Known as the "maker of German organists," he taught many of the founders of the North German organ school, including Samuel Scheidt and Heinrich Scheidemann. His keyboard works — toccatas, fantasias, echo fantasias, and chorale variations — bridge the Italian and English keyboard traditions with the emerging North German style that would culminate in Buxtehude and Bach.
Works (6)
Variations
- Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr (Chorale Variations) Difficulty
- Mein junges Leben hat ein End (Variations) Difficulty
- Unter der Linden grüne (Variations) Difficulty
Fantasia
- Echo Fantasia in D minor Key D minor Difficulty
- Fantasia Chromatica Key D minor Difficulty
Toccata
- Toccata in A minor Key A minor Difficulty