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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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• HOASM: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

  http://www.hoasm.org/IVE/Sweelinck.html
  Biography, internal links to related people, partial discography, and period information from the Here Of A Sunday Morning radio program.

• Jan Pieter Sweelinck

  http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=11590&pt=Jan+Pieter+Sweelinck
  Find A Grave listing with birth and death dates, portrait, and burial plaque in the Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, Netherlands with interactive memorial.

• Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Pieterszoon_Sweelinck
  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.

• Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

  http://www.naxos.com/composerinfo/1017.htm
  Biography noting his importance to the organ repertoire and to the construction of the instruments with Naxos discography.

• Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

  http://musicalics.com/en/node/82316
  Musicalics entry with comments on the popularity and availability of his keyboard and vocal compositions including work on the Geneva Psalter.

• Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

  http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_settings.html?ComposerId=5898
  Entry at the Lied and Art Songs Text Page with lyrics.

• Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

  http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/sweelinck.php
  Biography, portrait, and recommended keyboard recordings from the Classical Net Basic Repertoire List.

• Jan Sweelinck: The German Organist-Maker

  http://humanitiesweb.org/human.php?s=c&p=c&a=i&ID=19
  Brief biography, discography, and chronology from Humanities Web.

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