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Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

1562 - 1621

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck is the 169th most popular composer (up from 179th in 2019), the 88th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 109th in 2019) and the most popular Dutch Composer.

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck was a Dutch composer and organist. He is most famous for his keyboard compositions, which are considered to be some of the finest examples of the Dutch Baroque style.

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Among composers, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck ranks 169 out of 1,451. Before him are Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, Kurt Weill, Adrian Willaert, William Byrd, Karol Szymanowski, and Hugo Wolf. After him are Ryuichi Sakamoto, Gian Carlo Menotti, Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, Michel Legrand, Luciano Berio, and Henri Vieuxtemps.

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Among people born in 1562, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck ranks 3. Before him are Lope de Vega, and Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy. After him are Vincenzo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Xu Guangqi, Cesare d'Este, Duke of Modena, Pietro Bernini, Cornelis van Haarlem, Friedrich Wilhelm I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Ercole, Lord of Monaco, John Bull, and John William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg. Among people deceased in 1621, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck ranks 7. Before him are Pope Paul V, Philip III of Spain, Robert Bellarmine, Thomas Harriot, Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Albert VII, Archduke of Austria. After him are Michael Praetorius, Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, Şehzade Mehmed, Maria Christina, Princess of Transylvania, Cristofano Allori, and Ambrosius Bosschaert.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck ranks 88 out of 1,646. Before him are William II of Holland (1228), Jan Oort (1900), Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (1584), William V, Prince of Orange (1748), Gerard van Honthorst (1592), and Cornelius Jansen (1585). After him are Antonie Pannekoek (1873), Jan van Goyen (1596), Gerard Kuiper (1905), Saskia van Uylenburgh (1612), Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836), and Rob Rensenbrink (1947).

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Among COMPOSERS In Netherlands

Among composers born in Netherlands, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck ranks 1. After him are Jacob Clemens non Papa (1510), Gustav Leonhardt (1928), Willem Mengelberg (1871), Johann Adam Reincken (1643), Antonia Brico (1902), Jacob van Eyck (1590), Junkie XL (1967), Louis Andriessen (1939), Anthony van Hoboken (1887), Simeon ten Holt (1923), and Michel van der Aa (1970).

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