Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck 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.

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Who was born first?

• Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck and John Bull were born the same year
• Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck was born 1 year after Jacopo Peri
• Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck was born 1 year before John Dowland
• Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck was born 2 years before Hans Leo Hassler
• Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck was born 3 years after Thomas Morley

Timeline

1. Thomas Morley1559 – October 1602
2. Jacopo PeriAugust 20, 1561 – August 12, 1633
3. Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (this page)May 1562 – October 16, 1621
4. John Bull1562 – March 12, 1628
5. John DowlandJanuary 2, 1563 – February 1626
6. Hans Leo HasslerNovember 5, 1564 – June 8, 1612

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