Sweelinck was a Dutch organist, teacher, and composer: he is widely considered to be the
greatest of Dutch composers. Sweelinck was born in Deventer,
and later succeeded his father as organist at the Oude Kerk in Amsterdam, where his family
were organists continuously for almost one hundred years.
His compositions include both keyboard and sacred and secular choral
music, though it is for his keyboard music that he is best known today.
Sweelinck was extremely influential as a teacher, especially of
German students (including Scheidemann, Scheidt, Praetorius
and Hasse) who would propagate his compositional techniques far
into eastern Europe.
MIDI FILE - Fantasia (8'48'')
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